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You see the title, and I usually see "internet feminists" doing this. Check out the link above, a feminist blog on what makes a man a supporter of rayp. Here are the parts what stand out to me for reasons I'll explain
[quote]He defends the current legal definition of -blam!- and/or opposes making consent a defense.
He has procured a prostitute.
He characterizes prostitution as a “legitimate” “job” “choice” or defends men who purchase prostitutes.
He has ever revealed he conceives of sex as fundamentally transactional.
He has gone to a strip club.
He is anti-abortion.
He is pro-”choice” because he believes abortion access will make women more sexually available.
He frames discussions of pornography in terms of “freedom of speech.”
He watches pornography in which women are depicted.
He watches any pornography in which sexual acts are depicted as a struggle for power or domination, regardless of whether women are present.
He characterizes the self-sexualizing behavior of some women, such as wearing make-up or high heels, as evidence of women’s desire to “get” a man.
He promotes religious or philosophical views in which a woman’s physical/psychological/emotional/sexual well-being is subordinated to a man’s.
He promotes the idea that women as a class are happier or more fulfilled if they have children, or that they “should” have children.
He argues that people (or just “men”) have sexual “needs.”
He discusses the “types” of women he finds sexually appealing and/or attempts to demean women by telling them he does not find them sexually appe[/quote]
Why did I list these? Because they have nothing relevant to the issue of raype (the act of forcing someone to engage in sexual activity with you, irregardless of genders).
Are these social issues? Pornography, prostitution, abortion? Yes they are (though I'd argue discussing what men are attracted to is no social issue, and yes men do have sexual needs, all humans do. It's called lust, it's natural) but they aren't relevant to the main cause that they are supposedly fighting for.
They are using the sensitive issue of raype to try and guilt people into "solving" or "fighting for" practically every female social issue, ergo using raype as an object, as a tool to do all of their fighting. Raype, as a tool.
And this is what I find incredibly disgusting. People using such a harmful, disgusting act s a mere political tool is probably one of the most disgusting things you can do, especially when you're using it to further irrelevant agendas. Raype isn't a light hearted subject and it shouldn't be used as one, politically or socially.
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[quote]He argues that people (or just “men”) have sexual “needs.”[/quote] Lolwut?