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Why Naomi Wolf doesn't speak for me on the issue of rape.

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[lovmelovmycats.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much for this link!

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen Naomi Wolf
but
Don't believe that all this effort would be expended if the man concerned wasn't wanted by the USA.
And if they could get him by easier means.

[mrs-dm.livejournal.com]

You may (or may not) be interested in a movie on Netflix called "Teeth". Basically, it's about a virtuous teenager who is sexually assaulted, but in the process, discovers she has a genetic mutation called "Vagina Dentata" (or toothed vagina), which she uses to some effect against villainous males.

I'd call it a black comedy. But it's well written and fairly well acted. FYI there is no such medical condition in reality, but the concept figures largely in mythology and psychology (wrt castration anxiety in males).

Interestingly, Camille Paglia was mentioned in the credits.

[ankh-f-n-khonsu.livejournal.com]

It's disappointing - but not surprising - to see such sloppy argumentation coming from feminists. There's a whole lot of arguing across purposes going on and very little coherent analysis. Many of those who are yelling the loudest about "rape!" are unable to distance their experience from someone else's, for instance. That's why there's such a strong push to make an example of Assange - because this marginalized class of dissidents sees it as an opportunity to have its voice heard. But it's a shell game. Comparing Assange's 'rape(s)' - if they happened - with the experiences of tyrannized women does *more* violence to those women. It's like saying an injury obtained while playing paintball is comparable with a losing a limb in war. To say that Assange's accusers (which is somewhat inaccurate, because neither of the women named in the complaint actually pressed charges against Assange - the charges were made by the state) had experiences comparable with women subjected to gang rapes is, IMO, indefensible.

In spite of their rhetoric, a great many 'feminists' aren't interested in justice. Justice ≠ judgment, punishment, or 'correction'. Rather, I'd say justice embodies considered fairness - and that's not happening in the Assange 'rape' debacle. The rabid feminists screaming about 'rape' aren't interested in fairness, they're interested in making an example and defending their pain.

To hear feminists going on about 'who speaks for who' illustrates the bankruptcy of feminist politics and philosophy. IMO, authentic feminist voices root themselves in contingency and performativity and cyborgs. The 'witch hunt' feminists are impostors serving the interests of empire.

[hendrikboom.livejournal.com]

I tried reading some of Naomi Wolf's articles in the Huffington Post, perhaps not the one you read; a link would be appreciated. But I don't see her trivializing rape. She seems rather to be complaining that the so-called justice system in very many places trivializes rape, and therefore considers it an anomaly that they are doing the opposite in the Assange case.