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The Agenda Behind Rape Culture Hysteria

Sunday, November 22, 2015 8:20

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As you can see from the clenched fist, rape culture is

part of the Masonic Jewish (Satanic Communist) goal to make

heterosexuality a pathology and homosexuality the norm.

With “affirmative consent” the sex act itself is legislated to the point of absurdity.

Satanism always inverts the healthy and natural. Wendy McElroy shines light on this front in the satanist war on society.

by Wendy McElroy

(Abridged by henrymakow.com)

The term “rape culture” refers to attitudes… that allegedly normalize sexual violence against women including rape. America is called a “rape culture” because women supposedly live in constant danger from all men.

The threat occurs on a continuum ranging from sexual glances to physical rape. The fact that so many people are unaware of it only points to its omnipresence; that is, the rape culture is supposed to be as common as air and taken as much for granted.

The solution proposed by PC feminists is to change the fundamental basis of society with regard to gender, sexuality, and power. Institutions such as law, religion, and the educational system must be reconstructed to remove the alleged danger and discrimination inherent in being a woman today. Of course, this requires extensive action by the state. For instance, PC feminists are trying to use the dubious legal doctrine of “affirmative consent” to on post-secondary campuses.

Affirmative consent is intended to replace the current standard of “no means no” with “yes means yes.” … The person initiating sex must receive explicit consent before and throughout the sex act in order to escape the spectre of rape. In practical terms, this means the man must receive explicit consent from the woman prior to and during a sex act, or he becomes vulnerable to being criminally charged.

The consent can be verbal, but this could be dangerous. What happens if a willing partner later becomes vengeful or regretful, or seeks an advantage such as a favorable divorce settlement? The man could face a “he said/she said” scenario in hearings or courts that are often biased in favor of “victims” and of women. To be safe, therefore, the man must get not only explicit consent but also provable consent. An example would be to get consent in writing.

No one excuses genuine rape or sexual assault. As a woman who has experienced both, I would never dismiss the pain of a victim or the need to bring a perpetrator to justice. Affirmative consent will not help with either of these concerns.

And yet, its advocates are vociferous about the need for it. They justify the demand with false statistics and hysterical arguments that create the illusion of an epidemic of rape on campuses and city streets.

THE BIG LIE

The idea that America is a rape culture is a particularly vicious big lie, because it brands all men as rapists or rape facilitators. In January 2014, the White House Council on Women and Girls issued a report that stated, “1 in 5 women has been sexually assaulted while in college”. A key reason for this amazingly high statistic is that the report significantly expands the definition of rape, and it counts every accusation as true. Since then, the “1 in 5″ statistic has gained legs in the media and been used as proof that we live in a rape culture.

The truth: the rate of rape has fallen sharply since 1979.

In March 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice reported, “From 1995 to 2005, the total rate of sexual violence committed against U.S. female residents age 12 or older declined 64% from a peak of 5.0 per 1,000 females in 1995 to 1.8 per 1,000 females in 2005 . It then remained unchanged from 2005 to 2010. Sexual violence against females includes completed, attempted, or threatened rape or sexual assault. In 2010, females nationwide experienced about 270,000 rape or sexual assault victimizations compared to about 556,000 in 1995.

The inflated numbers often cited by affirmative-consent advocates also arise because they ignore or downplay the problem of false or mistaken accusations. In her article “Memo to VP Biden: Male Rapists Are Not Lurking on Every Campus Corner,” author Suzanne Venker points out that “three peer-reviewed studies have found the rate of false accusations of rape to range from 41% to 60%.”

Clearly, false or mistaken accusations are common. Affirmative consent may also increase confusion and honest mistakes. How? Even if a man dates a woman or is married to her, unless explicit consent is present each time, a rape could still legally occur. It could also occur if explicit consent is present at first but withdrawn during the act itself. In fact, a measure proposed in California would establish this precedent.

Such measures also embed a de facto double standard in law and policies. Consider just one scenario. Two drunken people have sex; legally speaking, this means neither is able to consent. As it stands, a drunken woman is likely to be considered a rape victim and not responsible for her actions; a drunken man is likely to be considered a rapist who is responsible for the actions of both. This vicious double standard has no place in justice or in an honest dialogue. What about due process for men?

TOTALITARIAN LEGAL WEB

Affirmative consent is trying to find a foothold on campuses through means other than legislation as well.

In April 2011, the U.S. Department of Education’s (DED) Office for Civil Rights sent a letter to campuses across America, demanding they comply with new standards on sexual assault if they wish to receive federal funds. (Almost every institute of higher learning in America receives federal funds.) The letter expanded the definition of sexual assault. It also greatly reduced the due process of an accused, depriving him of legal protections such as the presence of council and the right to cross-examine an accuser. Current DED sexual-assault policy includes no requirement that a “victim” get an examination, which means guilt can also be adjudicated with no medical or DNA evidence.

Instead of using the legal standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the DED letter requires college hearings to use the standard known as “a preponderance of evidence”; that is, a 50.01% likelihood of guilt or innocence. This is the standard used by civil rather than criminal courts. Male students can be found guilty of rape by using the same standard of evidence employed by traffic courts when they adjudicate parking tickets.

The White House Council’s report is, as its subtitle indicates, “A Renewed Call to Action.” It has emboldened politically correct voices on campuses. For example, at a recent conference on how to handle campus assault, Amanda Childress, coordinator of the Sexual Assault Awareness Program at Dartmouth College, suggested, “Why could we not expel a student based on an allegation?”

Instead of raising a voice of sanity, the college publicly defended this remark, saying that Childress “was asking a question — a provocative one — meant to generate dialogue around complex issues for which answers are necessary to continue to strengthen and promote fair and equitable processes at all colleges and universities.”

What? There is nothing fair, nothing equitable, about ruining a young man’s career and smearing him as a rapist on the basis of an allegation. And yet, this $63,282-a-year college is willing to discuss the “provocative” option of doing just that to male students – without issuing a refund, of course.

Even on the brink of graduating, the accused can be expelled and refused the degree that he may need to obtain a license for the career for which he has trained. With a permanent stain on his record, other universities are not likely to admit him. Few employers are likely to hire him.

Males should not be stripped of due-process rights, on campus or in courts. They must be presumed innocent until proven guilty; they must be allowed to face their accusers in the company of counsel. And the accusation of rape needs to be judged by a standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

No one should have to relinquish their constitutional rights in order to get an education.

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(Note- This article is a compendium of two 2014 articles, “The Big Lie of Rape Culture” and “Making Men Rapists”)

Source: http://henrymakow.com/2015/11/rape-culture.html

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