#A rapist

[a-timely-problem]

so, my grandma has advanced dementia. She was also born during the Nazi regime. She might barely remember our faces but when I talked to her about trump her reaction was: "How could anybody vote for him? That's exactly what they said and did back then."

...so yeah...

[oceanamethyst]

I am so upset right now.

Is this about Alastor? Yes.

Do I still feel like crying? Perhaps.

Look. It's just.

When does something turn into aphobia?

[formulapookie]

i don’t get it, a life ban is a LIFE BAN

so WHY

is prostatite ai polmoni man here?

diofa

non poteva crepare col covid vero?

noooooooooooo

[art-from-within]

America is so cooked bro

[manilovescp166]

Made another one, but this one is less funny.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

The fact that Neil Gaiman, after raping and sexually assaulting six highly vulnerable women, isn't getting a hundredth of the hate Amber Heard got for supposedly abusing one man who was twice her size (and actually, no, she was just reacting to his abuse of her) tells you all you need to know about how our culture views women.

You can say "No, you see, I usually support women, it's just that *this* woman actually is evil and deserves to be hated", but I don't believe you. You can say, "I definitely support his victims! I'm just sad and processing this information. I just need to grieve for a little while. I'm definitely not giving him a pass!" And I don't believe you. You can say, "We need more information to see if he really did it" but then ignore all of the overwhelming evidence in favour of a demonized woman, so I don't believe you.

[ilynpilled]

it frankly pisses me off that what is essentially “rapists and abusers should be depicted as monstrous caricatures because humanizing them is inappropriate” is considered a very moral and enlightened position to have on art by so many people. a rapist can feel pain, have moments of vulnerability, be amiable and charming, express remorse and compassion at times, be a victim themselves, and so on in real life. they are even capable of doing good things. they can have different sides to them and have individuals in their lives that they are kind to or have a decent relationship with. they will be a human being, and that fact encompasses a lot. conflating that with the claim that they are entitled to and deserve forgiveness or absolution is an issue. nurturing a mindset that believes they need to be one note and uncomplicated to be a correct and tasteful depiction of a rapist inadvertently falls in line with the logic of “how could they have possibly raped you? they are so normal and kind to me. they did all these good things here and there.” ok that doesn’t change that they are a rapist.

[wolfythewitch]

Hi wolfy! um I recall you stating your opinion on why you dislike Calypso before, but i can't find it... I wanna see it again though so... Can i ask about it again?

Well I have no overarching opinions on her, I just dislike her in relation to Odysseus because. Y'know. The rape. And the keeping him captive thing

[ileftherbackhome]

it's so funny to hear a bitch say "you always bringing up old shit" like the old shit isn't literally fucking, marrying, and having the kids of a RAPIST? baby girl, please, there's no expiration date on rape what r u smoking

[slipping-into-madness]

[txttletale]

everyone loves to talk big game about how they hate carceralism and punitive justice until it comes to the topic of sexual violence in which case half of the prison abolitionists will revert immediately to being constitutional literalists for the code of hammurabi without missing a beat--good thing that the accusation of sexual violence hasn't been historically leveraged against people of colour or gay people or trans women or anything or this capitulation to kneejerk reaction would be uhhh pretty bad!

[foldingfittedsheets]

Noooo idea what vibes I’m sending that might make a Pro-Lifer follow me but as I just found one I’ll now be issuing a shotgun statement to scare off any others I’ve missed:

I’m pro choice, no one has the right to take away someone’s bodily autonomy.

[starlight-bread-blog]

I know we aren't supposed to cheer but... TELL HIM!!

[radykalny-feminizm]

[aux-squiggle]

This is possibly an unpopular take but Neil Gaiman is a rapist by default.

An employee cannot freely nor retractably consent to their employer.

A young/new adult cannot freely consent to a middle aged man.

He has previously accepted these sex acts occurred.

So even if the young women "agreed" to have sex with him, he's a rapist. The allegation that they didn't agree at all isn't far-fetched.

[balkanradfem]

I'm about to write something horrifying (to me) and I don't even know how to preface it. Some extremely cruel intentions, I guess.

So, I'm still searching for a roommate, with my add pleading for only women to respond. Of course, tons of males are responding eagerly, reassuring me they're better than any female roommate, and I say no. In most cases thats that, but I had a few phone calls that have been intense pressure and even difficult to get rid of. About three times now, different males called me with a proposition that they move in with me, and they would pay everything, rent and bills, on their own. This sounded like a nonsense proposition and I would say no and hang up as they're insisting and explaining and promising this would be ideal for me. Baffled by the nonsense, I assumed they wanted to do something illegal in here or wanted to have me kicked out and take over the apartment. But it was weird that it happened three separate times! And always the same proposition. I move in and pay for everything.

I was at the plant lady's house and I started to complain about the nonsense males say to me over the phone, and as I was explaining, her son entered the room and overheard the chat. He looked me in the eye and said 'Oh they want something else from you.'

I froze in embarrassment. Because I hadn't figured it out. And gyns you know me. You know with m*n I always assume the worst possible thing and I hadn't even thought of that. I didn't think, that my add where I'm only asking for a female roommate, would make them go 'Oh I'm going to move in there and make her my live-in prostitute.' 

I stuttered, saying something about how I thought they wanted to do something illegal, and plant lady logically argued it would be easy for them to do that living alone, they want a 'wife'. Disgusted, I protested 'But I didn't put out any info about my appearance, age, they have no idea who I am or what I look like!' 'Oh these people don't care' They both laughed at me. Embarrassed and mortified, I thought more about it at home. 

The only thing they knew about me from the add was that I was a woman, renting a place and looking to half the rent, and that I was unwilling to share my living space with males. And not only one, but multiple males came up with with the same scheme. In this scheme, the woman they're trying to exploit isn't even getting money out of it, only her half of the rent covered. She would have no profit at all, only to keep what she earns otherwise, and to be under the threat of being kicked out of her home if she fights him off.

If I had been someone a bit more naive or desparate, and said yes, can you imagine? Being threatened to be kicked out on the street unless I comply with their rape. They could easily do it if they pay for everything and are stronger than me. I'd become homeless. I did't realize what I was saying no to, because it was such nonsense to me, but a male only heard about it for a second and knew immediately what was up. So this isn't me assuming worst intentions, a male recognized their scheme instinctively. 

I'm sad and upset this keeps happening to me! I can't immediately hang up to any male voice because sometimes they're looking for accommodations for their daughters and I have to be sure. Don't worry though! Someone is coming to look at the apartment tomorrow, and it is a woman.

Stay safe everyone and assume the worst of males.