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I am still unsure how I feel about this article. I have known people who have come extremely close to being date raped (luckily they had a friend or two that recognized what had happened and came to their aide) and to think that at any point it could be swept away as “hysteria” is hard to understand. From other classes I have taken, it is more common for women to be characterized as “hysterical” (a long time ago women were called hysterical when they menstruated or had severe mood swings due to PMS, now it is more understood and while the term hysterical is still used today, it still almost always refers to women. Just a random tid-bit of information) than men and the actions taken against women falls the same way. I think there is a difference between being sexual and consenting to sex, saying that a girl does not take responsibility for “date-rape” is almost saying the same thing as “she was asking for it” by wearing a certain outfit. I do agree with CBrau that today the term “rape” is used much too loosely and has as a result made the idea of rape less common (the shock value is not as high as it was when the term first came into use).—jmarshal | I am still unsure how I feel about this article. I have known people who have come extremely close to being date raped (luckily they had a friend or two that recognized what had happened and came to their aide) and to think that at any point it could be swept away as “hysteria” is hard to understand. From other classes I have taken, it is more common for women to be characterized as “hysterical” (a long time ago women were called hysterical when they menstruated or had severe mood swings due to PMS, now it is more understood and while the term hysterical is still used today, it still almost always refers to women. Just a random tid-bit of information) than men and the actions taken against women falls the same way. I think there is a difference between being sexual and consenting to sex, saying that a girl does not take responsibility for “date-rape” is almost saying the same thing as “she was asking for it” by wearing a certain outfit. I do agree with CBrau that today the term “rape” is used much too loosely and has as a result made the idea of rape less common (the shock value is not as high as it was when the term first came into use).—jmarshal | ||
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| + | I'm glad I am not the only one who finished the article and was unsure of how to feel! I am tempted to agree with some of the statements Roiphe is making but at the same time I feel like it might be insensitive of me as a woman to agree with a statement that in someways minimizes such a serious issue. So conflicted! However while some of Roiphe's statements were completely valid especially her comparisons of "date rape pamphlets to victorian guides to conduct" (340) I think it is better to exaggerate an issue rather than minimize and have women be more over cautious as opposed to careless, as long as the severity and weight of the word rape is understood. Rape has become too easy of a word for people to say (for example has anyone else ever heard someone jokingly use the expression "end rape say yes") do we really live in a society where that is ok???? --Emma Peck | ||
