Rape culture protest held in Lafontaine Park
A protest against rape culture is being held Sunday afternoon in Lafontaine Park while Bloc chief Yves-François Blanchet tries to sidestep the accusation of sexual misconduct levelled at him this week. His party is behind him, if no one else is.
The protest marched to the Palais de Justice.
david192 01:45 on 2020-07-21 Permalink
Rape culture seems a bit extreme, no? Like, First Nations culture, Quebec culture, hockey culture, rape culture? Seems like they’re suggesting that what’s perpetrated by a tiny cohort of – usually quite old – weirdos is some sort of mainstream activity that people engage in as part of their identity. I know that sort of incendiary language is the point, but these are the sorts of rhetorical moves/tropes that discredit a position rather than push it forward.
MarcG 07:52 on 2020-07-21 Permalink
Police-reported sexual assaults in Canada, 2009 to 2014: “The vast majority (98%) of accused charged with sexual assault were male, with a median age of 33 years” https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/54866-eng.htm. You are the one being incendiary.
david192 00:22 on 2020-07-22 Permalink
So, you’re likely to be around that age cohort. Are you telling me that raping is part of your culture, or the culture of anyone you know? It’s an absurd abuse of the language, whatever you want to say about the politics or the stats.
Think about it: do you really promote change by crazily suggesting that a certain number of men just have this secret culture of raping women?
Michael Black 00:51 on 2020-07-22 Permalink
We aren’t talking about men pulling women into alleys.
We’re talking about a continuum that happens because men think a certain way. Craigslist stopped personal ads a year or two ago, but they keep coming, and they spill over into other sections. Admittsdly they may place ads but with no success, but those ads expect women to answer without any attempt at reaching those women. Or money keeps being offered, as if women are available if only the price is right.
It’s there when men make vulgar comments at reporters doing live tv, and it’s there in the comments after someone posts something. I once saw the head of one festival just start playing with a woman volunteer’s hair, he came from behind her.
These are small things, less so to the women on the receiving end, but it’s a culture that allows it, and then worse things can happen. Something that might not be so bad in one situation may be far worse if the man has some power over the woman, like a boss or teacher.
I’ve decided that racism isn’t about someone spewing hate, but how it affects the target. Some of that is wrapped up in the person affected not really wanting to be that vulnerable, by admitting how it makes them feel. So the talk is about how bad someone is, rather than how much it hurts the receiver.
This applies to this topic too. Some of the worst doesn’t appear, so its easier for some to dismiss.