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Originally Posted by DanaC
When it comes right down to it.....we have a tendency to make the most awful aspects of our world a source of humour. Does that negate the awfulness of the subject? In some cases yes....in other cases no.
I don't think a person who makes a joke about rape plays their hand as someone who doesn't see the seriousness of the crime. That said, someone who does not see the serious nature of rape will most likely find it an easier source of humour than someone who does.
As for the proposal on changes to the law; I think its about time. We are convicting fewer not more rapists in the UK. The treatment of female victims by the courts has not changed significantly in thirty years, resulting in far more women pulling out of the case than following it through. If a woman has been so drunk that she cannot remember consenting(or has had her drink spiked with something to mimic that effect),there is an assumption of consent. The difficulty comes in when women make false claims against a man. This does happen; however, given the hoops that have to be jumped through; given that rape is one of the most difficult crimes to successfully prosecute and given the character assassination any female victim is subjected to, it is likely that such false-claims represent a very small percentage of rape charges brought against (mainly) men.
Currently, we have a justice system which is more concerned with protecting small numbers of men from false charge, than it is with prosecuting greater numbers of actual rape.
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Take it from someone who studied this in college...
All humor is based in pain, in suffering. It is its nature. That is why you do it. It is its function, to help us deal with pain and discomfort.
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Originally Posted by Aliantha
I just wanted to thank the people who voted on this thread. I realize it takes courage to do what you did and it means just as much that you could say what you did even though it was anonymously.
I hope that even though some people will never understand what you've been though, they may at least have had pause to consider your anguish and in future, maybe things will be different for you and for me.
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That is very kind of you. The rape of males is something that is still not discussed very often. It should be, but it is very difficult with the way we are looked upon.
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Originally Posted by Buddug
Stop being so selfish . Sick people are far too selfish in general.
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Originally Posted by Pie
What does it take to make her go away again?
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Am I selfish because I'm American or sick... I can't figure it out.
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Originally Posted by DucksNuts
Yeah, well, shoot me I guess for not wording it correctly...many apologies
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I did not mean it that way
at all... I am very sorry you took it that way.
No inflection in text.