(digression: I would like education to expand into Teaching Women About Their Bodies, in addition to all the Sex For Men: How Not To Rape education. If women know it shouldn't hurt, and if women know how to make sex good, I think they'll be more in touch with themselves and able to communicate consent better. This is often called Victim Blaming, and that annoys me. How Not To Rape is incredibly important education and we should all take the class. But we should also take Clear Communication And Assertiveness Training. I think a lot of rape is the Clueless Asshole kind; where people aren't responsive, people are trained that nonresponsive is normal, and don't know they're raping when someone's not responding. I think a lot of assholes are more likely to stop if the victim is screaming "stop raping me!" although, of course, a lot aren't. mumble mumble, can't address rape without addressing rape culture; can't address rape culture just by addressing one gender; mumble, mumble grr.)
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Date: 2009-08-18 02:00 am (UTC)(digression: I would like education to expand into Teaching Women About Their Bodies, in addition to all the Sex For Men: How Not To Rape education. If women know it shouldn't hurt, and if women know how to make sex good, I think they'll be more in touch with themselves and able to communicate consent better. This is often called Victim Blaming, and that annoys me. How Not To Rape is incredibly important education and we should all take the class. But we should also take Clear Communication And Assertiveness Training. I think a lot of rape is the Clueless Asshole kind; where people aren't responsive, people are trained that nonresponsive is normal, and don't know they're raping when someone's not responding. I think a lot of assholes are more likely to stop if the victim is screaming "stop raping me!" although, of course, a lot aren't. mumble mumble, can't address rape without addressing rape culture; can't address rape culture just by addressing one gender; mumble, mumble grr.)