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

Comments

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It did go off on a bit of a tangent there. It is a subject it can be hard to be rational about (most of my comments start off as AROEJ£IR)£FAFDEF and get calmed down after breathing lots ;p).

On the thinking about rape every day, I did a post a few years back (after a similar discussion) on how it had made me realise just *how much* of my routine behaviour is based on Staying Safe.
It's not even that I think about it conciously, it's automatic - like parking close to the exits of anywhere I'll be leaving after dark; walking with keys in hand; not walking alone at night.

I'm not saying every woman does this or thinks this way, but _unhurt_ has listed a very similar thought process in a comment elsewhere here. It's something that lurks in the back of your head.

I still disagree about there being 'grades' of rape. Whether you've been threatened, beaten, held at gunpoint, or come round to some guy having had his fun, you've still been raped.
Someone had decided that *your* body is theirs to do whatever the hell they want with and used you like a very real Real Doll because *they* felt like it. A broken jaw or bruises isn't going to change that fact.

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Someone had decided that *your* body is theirs to do whatever the hell they want with and used you like a very real Real Doll because *they* felt like it
But in terms of the 'case study' that we return to, I'm not sure that that's necessarily what happened, it sounds to me more akin to someone believing that the desires were the same. To my mind that is different to forcing your view on the other person.

Alas, I do have to dash now, but will be back on Sunday to eat my foot again.