Monday, May 12, 2014

Rape culture is the best culture

Rape culture yay! Such a fun and ultimately frustrating thing to talk about. This kind of goes along with my double standards post. The fact that girls can't do what boy's do. (That can go the other way around which I don't think I mentioned but I think I'm a girl so I guess I'm bias) Why is it that I grew up thinking I was "asking for it" if I wore a short skirt or showed my midriff? Why does my dad tell me "it's different for a girl" every single fucking time I go out?

Because hellllllooo The only reason it's different for a girl is because people keep saying it's different for a girl. You can't get too drunk because you're a girl and you could get raped. That's the reason. Does no one realize what you're telling girls? You're telling girls they can't have fun the way guys do because guys will take advantage of them. You know what would be better to do???? Teach boys that its not fucking okay to sexually assault girls. We all think and believe this but who is reiterating it in little boys heads? No one. Instead we are telling girls they can't do things that boys can do because boys can't handle themselves. Which only makes boys think it's okay for them to do it. Because if the girl wasn't asking for it she wouldn't be drunk in a tight dress at a bar right??? ndvcmeahwi;j;afjn aj;fj alf Literally that's how I feel about this because I can't comprehend it.

You're teaching little girls that it's their fault if a guy forces them into any type of sexual situation because of what they are wearing or what they were doing. If they were wearing a short skirt or were drunk obviously it's their fault it happened. People seriously put that into consideration like it's an okay way to think. Why in the fucking world is it seen even a little bit okay for a girl to be harmed because of something she was doing "wrong"? When men are put on trial after rapping a women and it is found out that the girl was on drugs or the girl was a prostitute it can hurt the case and the guy can literally get away with it. I don't care if the women is a stripper or a hooker, I don't care if the women was drunk or high, I don't care if the women was walking around in nipple tassels and a thong, RAPE IS NEVER OKAY.

School's have dress codes for girls saying they can't show too much of their shoulder or too much leg and god forbid they ever show their stomach. You're telling little girls that if they show their bodies, boys will be distracted and not be able to pay attention. You are shaming girls because of the body they were born with. Why are boy's allowed to show their bodies when girl's are not?? No one ever stops and thinks oh maybe a girl will be distracted by a guys abs so he shouldn't be able to take his shirt off. No one thinks like this. But guess what!! Girls get just as distracted by guys bodies as guys do with girls. That's kind of the thing with genders. You're intrigued by a body that is different than yours. And the only reason you're intrigued is because it's made out to be like a big secret. You don't even find out there's a difference between male and female bodies until you're what 5 or 6 give or take. It's like a big surprise showing up to your first health class and seeing a penis for the first time. When and why did our bodies become so private and hidden?

Men are allowed to walk around with their shirt off and it's completely normal. But women's boobs are sexualized and because they are sexualized they have to be covered at all times. Penises and vaginas are allowed to be sexualized obviously because they are sex organs. Without them there wouldn't be sex which means there wouldn't be sexualization and there also wouldn't be any humans so yeah they can be sexualized (that doesn't mean I think you should have to hide them though) But boobs have nothing to do with that. The sole purpose of boobs are to feed the boy that will grow up and disrespect girls because of their boobs. Women help populate the Earth so I'm really not sure where men's superiority comes from. It takes both genders to create a human being right? So why should one ever be considered "better" or "dominant" or "in charge"? Why should one be able to show more of their body than the other? They should be seen equally because they are both equally important.

And now girl's aren't the only victim of rape culture either. It is possible for a man to be raped, believe it or not. But society refuses to believe it, so men won't report or admit it. It's not okay for a guy to take advantage of a girl and it's not okay for a girl to take advantage of a guy. When I think about it, it's not okay for a guy to take advantage of a guy or a girl to take advantage of a girl either. Basically just don't take advantage of anyone okay?? Guys are always made out to be sexual predators, but sometime's it is the other way around. And sometime's they aren't sexual predators at all, would you look at that. It is so easy for a girl to make up that she was assaulted and the man could/would be found guilty. I do see it the other way around which most people don't even realize. That's why we have to stop seeing guys as predators and girls as victims. That's why we need to ease off gender roles. We are slightly different and in some respect there's no way around it. But if we never had these strict rules of this is okay to do if you are a boy and this is acceptable to do if you are a girl, none of this would be a problem. It would be okay for everyone to do everything that's okay to do and acceptable for everyone to do everything that's acceptable to do. Rape culture wouldn't exist.

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