There is a tumblr campaign going on to hopefully get RAINN to change their definition of rape to a better, more inclusive one.
This is their current definition:
Rape is forced sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, or oral penetration. Penetration may be by a body part or an object.
You could argue that this could include being forced to penetrate, but the definition really seems to focus only on penetration qualifying as rape, and it also does not count all forced oral sex as such.
The plan is to get everyone to send an email to RAINN on March 15th, 2014 to ask them to change their definition to a better one.
Emails should be sent to info@rainn.org.
You can write your own letter or you can send them this one:
Hello,
I have noticed that the definition of rape given on your website is not as inclusive as it could be, and I think you could improve it by including victims who were forced to penetrate, and making it clear that all forced oral sex is rape as well. I am aware that rape laws vary from state to state, but as an organization dedicated to helping rape and sexual assault victims and raising awareness, your personal definition should not be limited by that.
Please consider rewriting your definition so that it does not exclude some victims.
Thank you,
[Your name]
Credit for the idea goes to permutationofninjas. This is a new post because I do not fully agree with theirs, and we have agreed that I can help in this way. I am sharing this post because I agree that changing the definition is a worthwhile goal.
- Mod D.
Beautiful.
You know what’s not beautiful? The fact that Native women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault. That 1 in 3 Native women will be raped at least once in their lifetime and around 85% of those rapes will be committed by non-Native individuals. Native women are either absent in media or fetishized. We are characterized in the media as primitive sex objects. This image is a racist stereotype and it also promotes the dangerous fetishization of Native women. Please, delete it.
What Tigerlily was meant to teach native girls.
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you need to research rape culture. you have defended an abusive person who threatened to rape someone, rather than defending the victim. you need to reevaluate.
There is no proof he’s an “abusive person”. The OP is hardly a “victim”. Victim to what? A stupid teenager? The OP seems to me like she was just using this dumb message to create a hysteria among the SJW/Feminist community. If she was not popular and did not have all the thousands of followers she had, she’d probably just answer the message or delete it. She wouldn’t have done all of this “signal boosting” or taken measures to doxx him. It’s an excuse to further push her silly “Feminist” “rape culture” agenda. It’s a tool. The boy is now a tool. The kid is not entirely “innocent” though, he should have not sent such a message in the first place, it’s awful and gross, but it’s not worth costing him his reputation and perhaps ruining his life forever. That’s being much more harsh than the message itself. I am strictly against invading someone’s personal privacy online and exposing people to the public to be ridiculed. That is just as disgusting, especially to a minor. That message doesn’t deserve these dire consequences. He should still know that his words are hurtful and threatening, but I don’t think taking matters this far is the right way to go. He deserves some kind of “punishment”, but I feel doxxing him is simply excessive. I wouldn’t have an issue with this if there was no extreme doxxing involved.
there is proof he is an abusive person. he sent a rape threatening message to someone.
The OP is a victim of sexual harassment and of being threatened.
Bayard being a teenager is no excuse. Teenagers are capable of rape. Dismissing his actions based off his age is not valid.
If Bayard’s life is ruined it is because of his actions that people fined dangerous and harmful; not because of the person he threatened or those who reblogged it. His actions may cause the ruining of his life.
Do you realize he could be arrested for what he wrote? This is serious. It is not a joke. Rape is never a joke and it is not okay to dismiss or downplay it. You are still defending the abuser rather than the victim.
Sexual assault rates and violence against Native American women did not just drop from the sky. They are a process of history.
So, with Keystone XL coming to Pine Ridge whether my tribe wants it or not, and the Bakken shale oil having upped the number of rapists the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara have to deal with, AND the number of oil rig workers who are registered sex offenders, many are worried that it might increase the number of rapes against Indian women in South Dakota.
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as if we didn’t already know that returnofkings is a toxic website built on a foundation of misogyny, sexism and rape culture, then this article that vincent vinturi posted yesterday that literally justifies rape, proves it greatly
”I barreled through her resistance nonchalantly”, ”With rape laws the way they are in countries like the US and Canada, it’s downright scary to be a man” and “If a man finds a woman SO incredibly desirable that he would throw his freedom, reputation, his whole life away to fuck her, that shows the woman is on the highest echelon of desirability” are some (among many) of the deeply terrifying things that is writtenand if you go and look at the comments below the article you’ll se that he is far from alone in these beliefs, which is just downright horrifrying
so don’t you dare telling me that rape culture isn’t real, ever
i read this and the comments pretty much made me feel sick
i want to snap their necks
the statistic is NOT “1 in 3 native women will be raped in their lifetime”
the real statistic is “1 in 3 native women will be raped AT LEAST ONCE in their lifetime”
this is a very important distinction to make please make it known im serious. also its worth noting that 70% of our rapes are carried out by colombus’ crew aka white men. murders also happen more at the hands of white men. this is all important information and im pissed it was ignored in that photoset
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IF YOU BLAME YOUNG GIRLS FOR NOT KNOWING HOW TO REACT TO UNWELCOME SEXUAL ADVANCES FROM ADULT MEN I WILL DESTROY YOU, I WILL ERADICATE EVERY PROTON THAT COMPRISES YOUR WORTHLESS BODY, HOW DARE YOU
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Violence Against Native Women is Not Traditional: Whisper at Ted x ABQWomen
so laut ich kann.: lilbijou: tylerunbreakable: I hate rape as much as the next person,...
I hate rape as much as the next person, but people on Tumblr are both annoying and stupid about it. I agree that people need to be informed on not raping, but rape will always occur. You are an idiot if you really think that there is a way to get rid of rape…
Any of the times… maybe stop putting yourself in the position you were raped.. idk they if you have been raped then there is a higher chance you will again. But that seems ridiculous. Feel like take a rape prevention class or stop going to place you went before. Insanity(doing the same thing over and over expecting a new outcome) help stop insanity.. and change up your routine.
trteal89 you, too, are blaming the victims of rape rather than the rapist. If we (rape victims) stop going to the places where we were raped or places like the places we were raped where are we allowed to go? How quickly will no where be a safe space for us to be? People get raped in their own homes, on the street, in buildings, in stores, in schools, etc etc etc. Stop blaming the victims and put the responsibility where it belongs.
How “perfect” do I have to be for it to be the rapist’s fault and not my own?
Below: Rape Victims and Survivors Shaming Questions/Comments:
“If you were more physically fit you could have fought them off…”
“What were you wearing?”
“Maybe you should have been carrying a weapon…”
“Maybe you should have taken self defense classes…”
“How did you treat them? Did you smile at them before…?”
I like how correcting her kids creepy behavior doesn’t even matter to that mother.
This actually makes me very angry. It basically highlights everything wrong with the world. Instead of teaching boys not to look at women like that, women are taught not to dress provocatively so boys don’t get “distracted”. It makes me sick.
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