Hot or Not?

[Winnow]

[Aslanna]

It's like 5 degrees outside. Decidedly not hot.

[Winnow]

This is forum is lacking polls! May have to vote again, I edited a typo!

[Spang]

You're contributing to the rape culture problem.

[Leonaerd]

Spang probably hates gamergate.

[Spang]

Any decent person should.

[Leonaerd]

And that was when I realized that Spang had truly just been playing the long troll.

Good work.

[Funkmasterr]

And that was when I realized that Spang had truly just been playing the long troll.

Good work.

[Tyek]

I have wondered about that for years. No one can really be like that in real life.

If it is a true troll thing for this long then BRAVO SIR BRAVO.

[Spang]

I guess I win at the Internet.

[Spang]

Anita Sarkeesian recently compiled a week's worth of hateful tweets directed at her. You can scroll through them here.

[Leonaerd]

You would link to Tumblr.

And her name is L. Ron Sarkeesian.

[Aslanna]

Don't engage him!

[Leonaerd]

You're not my real dad!

[Spang]

You would link to Tumblr.

What does the medium have to do with the content?

[Aabidano]

We have a "rape culture"? I must live someplace different. Or more likely you're using terms outside their normal context for drama's sake per-usual.

You're being rapistnormative.

[Spang]

Your cluelessness surprises me little. Here's one definition that I'm sure you'll disagree with:

Rape culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normallized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women's bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that disregards women's rights and safety. Rape culture affects every woman. Most women and girls limit their behavior because of the existence of rape. Most women and girls live in fear of rape. Men, in general, do not. That's how rape functions as a powerful means by which the whole female population is held in a subordinate position to the whole male population, even though many men don't rape, and many women are never victims of rape.

[Aabidano]

Whatever have you been reading now? Note that "pervasive and normalized" are need for something to be a cultural norm.

This one seems more reality based:

Rape culture is a theoretical concept (a qualitative theory) in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality.

Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, sexual objectification, trivializing rape, denial of widespread rape, or refusing to acknowledge the harm of some forms of sexual violence. The notion of rape culture has been used to describe and explain behavior within social groups, including prison rape, and in conflict areas where war rape is used as psychological warfare. Entire societies have been alleged to be rape cultures.

Although the concept of rape culture is used in feminist academia,[8] there is disagreement over what defines a rape culture and to whether any given societies meet the criteria to be considered a rape culture.

it is important to not lose sight of a simple fact: Rape is caused not by cultural factors but by the conscious decisions, of a small percentage of the community, to commit a violent crime

[Spang]

Nailed it.

You need to stay away from those men's rights websites.

[Kluden]

"NO MA'AM!"

[Winnow]

Why does he have a tie on in bed?

[Aabidano]

X is not caused not by cultural factors but by the conscious decisions of a small percentage of the community to commit a violent crime.

Could expand that to all kinds of things; "Teh ebil Govt".... does nothing, you have to be very specific in incite change.

I agree with Spang on a number of points, but the farcical position he takes invalidates most of his arguments.