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If you believe those linked examples constitute humor, I'm shocked. Tell me, would you also find these funny? * A photo of Matthew Shepard's body with a jo
by skue 13y ago
If you believe those linked examples constitute humor, I'm shocked. Tell me, would you also find these funny?
* A photo of Matthew Shepard's body with a joke about gays?
* A photo of Jyoti Singh Pandey with a joke about uppity Indian women?
* 50 years ago in Southern US, a photo of a burnt body with a joke about blacks?
* 75 years ago in Europe, a photo of a rail car with a joke about Jews?
Rape is a serious problem today, and men need to own this and stop laughing it off. Just because women are as numerous as men does not mean they are not persecuted.
1 in 6 women will be victimized in her lifetime, and rape can destroy lives. We all need to grow up and stop acting like teenage frat boys.
Edit: Reformatted the bulleted list
- TomGullen 13y ago> If you believe those linked examples constitute humor, I'm shocked. I believe some of them are jokes. I don't find them humorous. > Tell me, would you also find these funny? Probably not. > Rape is a serious problem today, and men need to own this and stop laughing it off. Where was I "laughing off" rape? What do I need to own up to? Where have I ever said rape is not a serious problem? Looking forward to your reply. You've totally misunderstood what I've been trying to say, and managed to portray me in a totally unjustifiable way.
- skue 13y ago> Where was I "laughing off" rape? I didn't say you were, and that certainly wasn't meant to be personal. What I said was that men (plural) need to stop laughing it off, and by men I was referring to the men who create these images and laugh at them. I also believe men have a collective responsibility to educate each other and stand up to this, much as one could say that non-participating bystanders in the examples I gave earlier had a responsibility to try and stand up against those events.
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- fastball 13y agoI thought this was clever, just because of how many horrible facebook posts I've seen using this quote. http://www.womenactionmedia.org/cms/assets/uploads/2013/05/hm1H1VcKYQZEmoFIC17lu_qFqbbM02NNxvGJKChWF_8.jpg http://www.womenactionmedia.org/cms/assets/uploads/2013/05/h... And this is so obviously meant to be humourous and not at all misogynistic that it does kinda discredit the rest of the site. http://www.womenactionmedia.org/cms/assets/uploads/2013/05/FRIDAY-amex-2.jpg http://www.womenactionmedia.org/cms/assets/uploads/2013/05/F...