Rape/Sexual Assault Culture

exactly KC and I'm definitely not expecting Congress to do much of anything...

 

Cuz whether or not you wear underwear means you "wanted it." Is this the 1920s?

 

Per an article in yesterday's WSJ, athletes are 3% of male college students nationally, but account for 19% of reported sexual assaults. It almost always happens on the guys' turf. The women are at the athlete's house and find out that that the guy (or guys) think that more will be happening than the woman expects.

 

no means no...maybe still means no

 

there are no words...

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped...campuses-get-women-to-stop-drinking-1.6266244

 

Hmmm. I would not have expected that article to be written by a woman for a lefty publication, with quotes in support from people I assume are lefties.

Surely if we are pursuing this path, the better and more obvious solution is to take drinks away from the males.

 

Maybe the temperance movement was right after all

 

Newsday is perceived to be on the "left"???

 

Newsday picked up a Slate article. The author is Slate's relationship/advice/women's issues columnist.

 

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/art...couple-accused-of-selling-kids-into-porn-ring

 

Sure sounds like meth heads. How many people want their porn stars to have ringworm, body lice and black teeth, underage or not? But then what do you expect from a town with a name like Johnson City? That just screams "Porntown."

 

Like with the drug trade, the only effective way to tackle the problem is by reducing the demand.
A combination of criminalization (for the johns, not the prostitutes) and campaigns that aim to show the clear link between women trafficking and prostitution should put some sort of dent in that. I would like to believe that at least some of the men would stop if they clearly realized how they are complicit merely by increasing the demand.

 

I think the point of soccernutter's post was more aimed at the idea that the notion of the "happy hooker" is largely a fantasy. It might be a reality for some, but they are a small minority.

 

We have some version of what you describe. It doesn't work. Or rather, it only creates the illusion of respectability.
In reality the same people are running the show, only they are far less visible.

 

It has been legalized here and people in the know like Patsy Sorensen claim that not much of substance has changed in the day to day reality of the women. The neighborhoods from where they operate might look slightly nicer, and the pimps are less visible, but they are still around.

 

Prostitution is legal, pimping (or any exploitative action related to prostitution) is not.