Here, specifically, the State tells us exactly how to have sex:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB967
"...lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent..."
Who says?
This is the government of California telling everyone in colleges in California, exactly, how to have sex.
The abusers deserve to be locked up. But this goes too far. And wrongful accusers can be abusers as well.
More criticisms of the bill:
http://www.thefire.org/fire-statement-on-california-affirmative-consent-bill/
http://www.independent.com/news/2014/aug/11/affirmative-consent-u/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/churchformen/2014/09/men-the-sexual-revolution-is-over/
http://www.city-journal.org/2014/cjc0718bb.html
And sometimes even the libertarians are right:
http://libertarianviewpoint.com/blog/california-government-proposes-license-law-for-consensual-sex/
"...it is fundamentally abhorrent for the government to be in your bedroom..."also check out:
http://reason.com/blog/2014/09/29/jerry-brown-signs-bill-telling-college-k
It's also abhorrent for the church to be in your bedroom as well (eg: your average Mormon bishop or Catholic priest).
http://corvus.freeshell.org/corvus_corax/two/life_path/Mortal_Mormonism.htm
Rape laws are already on the books. But this new law goes way too far. Plus it's based on a lie - the one in five lie. More info:
1 in 5: Debating the Most Controversial Sexual Assault Statistic
http://time.com/2934500/1-in-5%E2%80%82campus-sexual-assault-statistic/
2.5% probably, not 20.
Quote from article:
"...This means that 2.5% of women are sexually assaulted in college, not 20%..."In the military the risks to women are higher than in the general population that's true. In college the risks are less.
And dually-boozing partners who have buyer's remorse afterward should not be included in any rape statistics.
Politifact's take:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/may/02/are-20-percent-women-sexually-assaulted-they-gradu/
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2014/05/01/one-in-five-women-in-college-sexually-assaulted-the-source-of-this-statistic/
Judgy Bitch chimes in:
http://judgybitch.com/2014/04/30/i-am-now-officially-sick-of-rape-culture-bullshit/
Interesting comments:
http://www.drtraycehansen.com/Pages/writings_politics.htm
From the above:
"...a view held by many on the left that presumes man is born a blank slate..."OMG! The Blank Slate! Remember that one!
Pinker debunks the blank slate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blank_Slate
...see related videos of Pinker talking about this on youtube & TED.
Humans are not born blank slates, and leftists work to deny human nature in huge ways. Righties deny human nature in other ways (& truth & facts). But it's sad to see that both sides are in denial.
From Wendy McElroy:
http://blog.panampost.com/editor/2014/04/14/the-big-lie-of-a-rape-culture/
From Caroline Kitchens:
Rape Hysteria & the Rape Culture Lie Must End
http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/rape-hysteria-the-rape-culture-lie-must-end-jessicavalenti-rapeculture/
Anyway I agree that NFL jocks who hit their girlfriends & wives should be ejected. I agree that abusers who break the law should be locked up.
There *may* be "rape culture" in some hiphop music. But it's way too non-PC to be honest about that...
Also rape is about sex, not just about control. I have no idea why people say it's not about sex. How do they know? And what happens during rape anyway?
Is rape about control or sex?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201104/is-rape-about-control-or-sex
"...Evolutionary psychologists have been at pains to show that rape is actually a sexual crime through which men seek sexual gratification from women who would otherwise refuse them..."related blog post:
Why do rapists rape? For power or sex?
http://emmatheemo.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/why-do-rapists-rape-for-power-or-sex-lets-ask-a-rapist/
from apparently conservative blogger
http://glaivester.blogspot.com/2006/03/rape-is-about-sex-duh.html
"...Which leads in to the reason why we keep hearing that rape is not about sex. It is philosophically untenable to keep pushing the boundaries of the sexual revolution without making rape seem less and less violative by comparison, as the act which is coerced in rape becomes less and less private, personal, and valued in society. So the only way to retain the sense of horror at rape is to alter the rationale for rape being bad; that the goal is total violation, so that the violence becomes the issue; rather than the horror coming from the intimacy of the act which was forced upon the victim, which is the old rationale..."---
A tough topic but it's important to be honest. There's fear mongering & inappropriate shaming on the left that needs to be debunked, called out, and resisted.
Forcibly imposed upon self, and all people, undue flagellation & shame, because yes some humans are criminals or abusers. But not everyone is and we all shouldn't be treated like we are.
Anger and hatred at being human, at all humans, because a few humans do bad things. Now that is a type of "rape culture," rape of a different kind.
Both the right AND the left seek to use & abuse students in colleges & universities for their own ends. Both sides tell them lies, about human nature, and the truth.
A portion of the "sexual revolution" has, can, and does destroy families (ie: advocacy for non-monogamy, for the "childfree" life, for disposable marriages, and for seeking to have a general disconnect between sexuality & reproduction - all incredibly abusive tenants of the revolution).
The parts of the revolution that advocate for honesty, education, having more fun with our partners, being less inhibited with our partners, and not shaming for adults viewing other adults sexual activities (eg: sexuality expressed in art & film) - yes those are some generally good parts. But seeking to outright deny human nature, and decouple sex from having babies is evil & abusive.
Both sides have an agenda: to hide the truth in their own ways.
Yes evolution by natural selection did happen. No there is no god. But, on the other hand you can really fuck up your life if you "choose" to live a wastrel childfree life when you could have, and should have, had some kids. You can fuck up your children via adultery and believing you can easily bail on your husband or wife.
Separating yourself too far from the tree of life, and from basic human nature, can screw up your life & the lives of others.
Oh, and a certain percentage of humans will be naturally born criminals (sociopaths & worse). Lock them up, I very much agree...
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p.s. Found this video;
