A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing...

[trashcanman]

That is to say that if you want to have a clue about anything ever, you need to do A LOT of homework. Otherwise, you are likely to hurt yourself or someone else. Enter Tumblr, the internet's cesspool of politically-correct ineptitude. If 4chan is the icon for internet trolling and harassment with political incorrectness, Tumblr is the other side of the coin: harassing people with complete, unironic earnestness to the point it border on parody. Anybody out there think rape is okay? Anyone? No? Right, then. Well, let me show you the over 45 million rape discussion topics on the site now:

www.google.com/#safe=off&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=tumblr+rape&oq=tumblr+rape&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.138.1277.0.1826.11.6.0.0.0.0.944.3488.3-1j0j1j3.5.0...0.0...1c.1.12.psy-ab.KYsm5xPCHg4&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46471029,d.cGE&fp=c978ef88710a4773&biw=1366&bih=635

You'll notice the constant discussion of what is referred to there as "rape culture" and the proof of said rape culture is what could likely be fictionalized stories from anonymous posters and the occasional troll post from 4chan, who may have literally created this monster like Batman created The Joker.

Anyways, at this moment they are spreading the following image as a defense for women against rape. You are supposed to send this to every woman you know so that they may absorb martial arts skills by seeing it and be able to kick any rapist's ass.





Now, there are a great many things wrong with this picture. First off, note the man, having declared his intention to rape her by walking to a safe distance and presumably saying something like "now Imma rape you", the rapist rushes towards her with outstretched arms, allowing the woman to Super Mario jump into his jaw as if coins were going to pop out of the top of his head. But say the man puts his hands on her shoulders, not allowing her to jump, shoves her forcibly to the ground, or tackles her, all more likely than running at her as shown. Game over, man.

But let's say it happens just like that, you have the knee to the groin. No complaints, there. That should really be panel 1. You knee him in the nuts, and then you run. Two easy steps. But wait, that's too simple and to the point. Having kneed the rapist in the nuts and incapacitated him for several seconds at least, you have to ask yourself, what would UFC legend Anderson Silva do? How about drop an elbow on him to really bring the pain? Sure, a 100 pound woman won't be able to put much force behind an elbow, and having not practiced it, her lack of technique is probably going to mean it does zero damage, but girl power, right?

So after the elbow, you'll want to go ahead and apply the muay-thai plum, which requires you to clinch with your opponent and control his momentum to administer knees to his head. Surely an average woman is as good at this as a trained fighter so why the hell not try it out while you have the chance? It's not every day someone tries to rape you (unless you are a Tumblr poster, that is). Now it gets REALLY stupid.

So you everything has gone exactly as planned and you've knocked the guy down like you were Tony Jaa thanks to the training you received by looking at a picture on the internet. Nice. Should you walk away like a badass and thank the spirits for your good luck? Hell no! Cro Cop wouldn't! You should attempt an axe kick to really show that rapist who's boss! Of course, lifting your foot up directly in front of you to bring it down on another person is going to make it extremely easy for said person to grab your foot and bring you down with him, but it's not like this guy is going to rape you or anything so why not go for it?

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if some rapist started distributing this image to insure that there are women out there who -should they land a nutshot on him- stick around to try to be Chuck Norris while he recovers when they should be running like the wind. Look, ladies, there are three things you need to know in order to stop a rape: eyes, balls, throat. And if a man overpowers you, feign compliance until his guard goes down (and it will) and then hit him as hard as possible in one of those three areas before running like hell. Unless you are a trained fighter, anything else is a fucking waste of time you don't have to waste. Hitting a man hard in the balls will paralyze almost anyone long enough for you to either hit one of the other two areas and incapacitate him, and/or get away.

So this is how internet political correctness can actually hurt a potential victim. If a crippling fear of rape keeps you up at night, take a motherfucking krav maga class. Stay the fuck away from internet chatboards. They are good for nothing but sideshows of anonymous human stupidity.

[Ben]

Hold on- is "rape culture" referring to the victims or the rapists? I clicked your link and explored a little bit and everything I saw was about being raped (talk about depressing).

But wow, that 8-step "how to" cartoon is idiotic. The morons who created it actually skipped step 7! How amateurish can people actually get about such a dire topic? Apparently very.

In addition to what you already said, they also teach people in rape prevention to piss themselves if they get overpowered. Make yourself undesirable. And use your teeth.

[trashcanman]

I don't know, some dudes might be into the golden shower thing, and a bite seems likely to make him break your teeth out. He may not be in the mood for sex anymore, but the alternative might be almost as bad. I get that being raped is one of the most vile, emotionally devastating things that can happen to a person, but I feel like obsessing over it and making being a victim your life's work is intentionally exacerbating the experience. And "rape culture" actually refers to the idea that our society condones the rape of women because we are all misogynistic bastards.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_culture

Rape culture -if it exists in any form- is probably nothing more than an offshoot of criminal/prison culture and it likely stays within those boundaries, at least in first world countries. Our culture at large does not and has not ever to my knowledge thought that rape was okay. Some may make jokes about it in the abstract, but we also make jokes about dead babies, not because we want babies to die, but because sometime the wronger something is, the funnier it is to go there. Tragedy + time = comedy. Or when people say shit like "George Lucas raped my childhood", they say that is evidence of rape culture because we are trivializing it and belittling actual rape victims. But words mean different things in different contexts and only like half of the dictionary definitions of rape have anything to do with sex. Clearly when somebody says they were raped by Apple's prices, they are using one of the other definitions. But try telling a psycho online feminist that.

[Ben]

I'm not sure how I've never heard of this before. Maybe the Midwest is just sheltered.

It's hard to argue against your first bit- and I'm certainly not the type of person inclined to do so. You know what gets me, though? The feminazis who try to crucify anyone who even hints at rape being partially the victim's responsibility. Obviously rape is never justified, but walking around a college campus on a Friday night surely calls into question the intelligence of our young female population. Heading to the 'burbs alone, drunk, and wearing the shortest, tightest skirt they manufacture with the top 3 buttons of your already-suggestive shirt unbuttoned may not be "asking for it," but it certainly calls into question whether or not a brain resides in your skull.

[trashcanman]

Honestly, I've never heard of this rape culture shit irl. As far as I can tell it's mostly an internet thing. Funny how so much of the unfiltered ridiculous thinking of the internet is shit hardly anybody would be caught dead saying out loud. I'm of the opinion that a woman should be able to walk on a college campus at any time dressed any goddamn way she chooses and not get raped. However, that's not necessarily the world we live in so I do wish young ladies would make better choices......and again I'm running away from reality. Shit be fucked up everywhere. It bugs me that men feel the need to rape women and it bugs me that some women are stupid enough to think it can't happen to them. But at the end of the day, the victim is always the same person and if stupidity were rightly punishable by rape... well, we'd be even more fucked up than we already are, but let's just say we'd all be gettin' some regularly.

[Ben]

You've got a way with words, man. Couldn't have said it better myself. And while we're on the subject...

[trashcanman]

RAPE CULTUUUUUURE!!!!!!!!!

[The Curmudgeon]

Oh noes, we're making fun of the subject of rape! We're animals with no respect for women!

Or we could be doing what 90% of the non-hysterical majority do; making light of a horrible subject. Honestly, hit a Google search and you'll find jokes on the worst possible subjects; the Holocaust, murder, 9/11.. are the events themselves terrible? Yes. Are we making fun of the victims themselves? Absolutely not.

The "woman dresses in prevocative clothes, woman was asking for mentality" is an ugly, idiotic attitude that is nothing new, and was probably an acceptable way of thinking in the 50's and 60's. There was a court case in, I think even as late as the 1980's, that had the judge pretty much blame the woman for dressing like a slut more than the guy who attacked her. The fact most normal human beings know that is bullshit is surely a sign that our "rape culture" is in a much better place than it once was.

[trashcanman]

Yeah, I'd like to point out that people who honestly think fashion is an excuse for violence against women should be castrated on principle. Maybe then they'd be able to control themselves.