What Is Wrong With the World??

[hellison]

1. headline from bbcni re cervical cancer jab - "Girls urged to ABSTAIN in jab row"
why? Because its a dirty cancer you can get from SEX and obviously if you've been having sex you deserve it. Or... something.
More from the helpful FAQ here -

Colin Hart, Director of The Christian Institute, said the way to tackle the problem was not to offer injections, but to tell girls not to have under-age sex.

Ahh. So it's only *underage* sex that causes cancer. Good Girls won't get it, and thus don't need vaccinated. Well that's all clear then!

I know there are Other Issues around the vaccination and which version was chosen etc, but that's not what these people are saying. They're saying girls shouldn't be vaccinated against a potentially TERMINAL DISEASE, because then they might have sex! And we can't have that!!
Would there be the same outcry if it was discovered testicular cancer was also linked to a virus and teenage boys were offered it?

2. This article about date rape is making my head explode with WTF and RAGE. Because obviously if you go drinking with a guy who turns out not to care whether or not you're concious when he gets off on/in you, well that's YOUR fault you silly loose drunken woman. It's not like he's done anything WRONG, or should face any consequences for it! SKIN CRAWLING NOW.

SEND KITTENS PLZ. NEED HAPPY THOUGHTS.

ETA New Mistful Fic! and at lunchtime too. Couldn't have been better timed.

EDIT 2 - just to add, now the original RAGE has calmed slightly, this turned into a thought provoking discussion; a timely reminder the world isn't completley full of morons. Or at least my flist isn't ;) Thanks!

AAAAND if we can keep it civil kids, that would be good. _unhurt_, I still have crutches. And I know where you live. Keep up the ranting tho. Rants Good. CIder better. MOAR CIDER

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holy --

foolishly i read the article. the poor woman she talks about - raped by some shithole fuckwallet and blaming herself? because fucking a passed out woman = her fault for making herself vulnerable!

p.s. i assume i can apply this to men i meet, yes? wait till they pass out then do them in the ass with the biggest dildo i can find! no-one will be able to prove they didn't consent, right? i mean, maybe they DID want it when they were drunk? some guys like that. maybe they acted like they wanted it. i was drunk too, your honour! and anyway, really, they shouldn't have MADE THEMSELVES SO VULNERABLE the dirty sluts! and we were flirting earlier so clearly they were up for sex. (also apparently if you're drunk it's less bad when stuff happens to you? so i guess i'll be mugging some drunk folk tonight! they won't even care i betcha!)

yeah. only no. because that's a disgusting and criminal and fucked up idea. so why is it different for women? beuller. beuller. anyone? (only, i know the answer. men neeeed sexxxxx. women don't understaaaaand. it's so hard to stoooooop. whine whine fucking WHINE about how holding the notion that i am the only damn person who gets to control access to my own body and that this trumps some guy's drunken wish to get off using it = crazy crazy feminazi talk.)

drinking till you pass out may not be big or clever, but guess what? i don't CARE why you're semi/un-conscious. it STILL DOES NOT MAKE IT OKAY TO FUCK YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T GIVE CONSENT. WHAT PART OF THIS IS SO COMPLICATED? DO I NEED TO START CARRYING A SIGN? HANDING OUT LEAFLETS? it's certainly less reckless than getting so drunk you can't TELL if someone is able to give consent. but of course, anything that restricts men's freedom to get pissed and screw*, that's wrong and evil! women, know your limits! stay inside and sip shandy OR ELSE. and get raped while sober by your colleague/neighbour/friend/boyfriend. and THEN get lectured on what you could have done to prevent it. it's a win-win situation! in ASSHOLE WORLD.)



*i have honest-to-god had a guy i know and sometimes LIKE in RL tell me that the idea that people should maybe make sure their partner is sober enought to know what they're doing is stupid because he would never have gotten laid at university if he'd had to take that approach. it's nice to know that his priorities are in place! getting laid > not raping people. clearly.

i LOVE the universe today. love. it.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I told you not to read it :p

That's pretty much what happened to my head yesterday.

And silly silly unhurt, it is obviously OUR RESPONSIBILITY to make sure those poor men don't rape us. It's not THEIR fault! they were DRUNK, and surely you can't be blamed for anything that happens when you were dru... oh wait.

(world stupid. don't think there is pub tonight. Sofa, cider and STABBING THE GODDAM HELL OUT OF THINGS on teh mud. STABSTABSTABSTABSTABSTAB)