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This is rape culture.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Rebecca Hains

Here’s a thread from my latest blog post that exemplifies what rape culture looks like. It begins when a commenter asserts that girls who are “physically adult” can consent to sex. This seems reasonable enough when applied to the girls…

Category: society Tags: age of consent, girls, rape culture

Reconciling David Bowie’s genius with rape

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Rebecca Hains

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Today, on the day of David Bowie’s death, people have been discussing an upsetting issue: Early in his career, David Bowie statutorily raped young teen girls—the underage “baby groupies” who were an open secret in the rock scene of the 1970s….

Category: society Tags: baby groupies, consent, David Bowie, rape culture

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