Rape is not "kinky sex"
Jim Hines, an author who posts long and often in his blog about rape awareness, has a beef with an article in the Huffington Post. I happen to agree with his complaint. And so I quote it and pass it along to you:
Bill Deresiewicz wrote a piece for The Huffington Post about Pride & Prejudice: Hidden Lusts [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy] by Mitzi Szereto, described as a pornographic edition of Jane Austen’s work and another entry in the ever-growing list of mashups that began with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Pop quiz: what’s wrong with the following sentence, from the very first paragraph of Deresiewicz’s article?
“There was no shortage of kinky sex in the novels of Austen’s time - adultery, voyeurism, incest, rape.“
If Bob beats Joe to death with a baseball bat, that’s a crime. We call it murder or homicide. We don’t call it a sport just because Bob happened to use a bat. So why the hell do people have such a hard time understanding that rape =/= sex?
You are invited to go over to Jim Hines's blog and talk with him about his comments. Or you can post here if you want to talk to me about it.
Bill Deresiewicz wrote a piece for The Huffington Post about Pride & Prejudice: Hidden Lusts [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy] by Mitzi Szereto, described as a pornographic edition of Jane Austen’s work and another entry in the ever-growing list of mashups that began with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Pop quiz: what’s wrong with the following sentence, from the very first paragraph of Deresiewicz’s article?
“There was no shortage of kinky sex in the novels of Austen’s time - adultery, voyeurism, incest, rape.“
If Bob beats Joe to death with a baseball bat, that’s a crime. We call it murder or homicide. We don’t call it a sport just because Bob happened to use a bat. So why the hell do people have such a hard time understanding that rape =/= sex?
You are invited to go over to Jim Hines's blog and talk with him about his comments. Or you can post here if you want to talk to me about it.