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Steven L.'s avatar

Based on Janice's article it seems to be a UK thing only, but who knows. It sounds exactly so-called 'rape culture', a manufactured problem.

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Janice Fiamengo's avatar

Largely in the UK, but it spread to Canada, U.S., France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia--all countries with an active feminist movement.

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Steven L.'s avatar

OK thank you. Is 'rape culture' still a thing? I am not on campus, but I don't hear about it anymore. It seems like so many little hysteria's that flare up, then dissipates. If it is gone, then maybe THIS thing replaces it.

This new thing is preposterous. No one is injecting drugs into drinks. not at scale any way, and for crying out loud, no one is actually sticking hypos into women's arms and going unnoticed. That idea is insane.

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Janice Fiamengo's avatar

I'm not sure how prevalent it is, Steven. Covid interfered with the regular promotion of feminist dogma on many university campuses. But here is a very recent article from a Canadian university beating the rape culture drum:

https://thesil.ca/wgen-works-to-address-rape-culture-on-campus/

And one from May of 2021 on the same subject:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/16/universities-rape-culture-on-campus-students-protest

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Steven L.'s avatar

Yeah that is good point, COVID would have interfered with propaganda campaigns of all types on campus.

So many young people (men and women) have so little meaning in their lives, and easy lives, they have to invent problems.

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