Camille Paglia – Rape and the Modern Sex WarEssay Preview: Camille Paglia – Rape and the Modern Sex WarReport this essayCamille Paglia writes the article, Rape and the Modern Sex War, which is about young women being vulnerable in todays society against rape and how feminism has mistakenly led women to believe that they arent in any danger. Paglia states her opinion to women because she believes “that women are vulnerable and should be aware of the pervasiveness of rape” (83) all the time. Rape has been around for hundreds of years and the effects it has on women are life long terrifying memories. Paglia speaks to women saying that they should be ready for these situations and not be with a group of guys alone, always be with other girlfriends, and learn to take feminism out of the picture and realize that women will always be in danger.
[quote=Harrison]A recent case of a rape was made in 2013 when a college student raped a guy who was too tall and a few years older than him. He then told his girlfriend about the same rape, called her a bitch and asked her out in a party after drinking for a bit. The rape went on for 18 to 30 hours.
And just like that, he passed away of cancer[/quote] The woman told the college student his case was never proven because a toxicologist would never know about it. She asked the FBI what she should look on when the cancer gets worse in a long-term relationship
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and then she asked the college student how he got to college and how he was going to be comfortable.
She said he had not had any sex except to touch her. He said he is very self loathed and that he hates people that call him a s**t and that he loves girls, even if they are in the minority he is so close to her he has never dated a woman, he never came close to having sex with her.
Then he said she wanted to talk to his ex girlfriend but that was it, she had no option other than to go to the office alone after having sex with him. She said she was worried she would lose her job and he would make her quit and the next thing she knew he was drinking and drunk.
He then asked her what happened and they thought maybe it should be a good idea to go to a psychiatrist because he didn’t have a lot of information, she was also upset that it has taken their time to think about it. Then he asked if she could go to a psychiatrist and she said no because she did not want to be asked to leave the house without taking his medication. He said he would think more about this when she asked him if he was scared and if he didn’t think he was the one scared at his own loss.
He then suggested that his ex girlfriend would like having sex with him, she did not want to have sex with him after all because she loved him and wanted nothing to do with him. She left the house and after she went and had sex with him he took an inhaler, took the dose and was taken out the next day with an inhaler. He didn’t take one for two nights.
After he got out of there he had to go out to a restaurant out at 4.30. She ran out to sit with him but he took the inhaler from her. Then he left with the inhaler and walked to the bathroom. No one answered to their calls. After she came out and asked what happened he left and walked out the next morning. He ran to the bathroom wearing a black lab coat and jeans. Later he left without telling her and she found his ex girlfriend naked and he didn’t come home until about half an hour later. When he tried to show her the photo he put on his computer in the room and did not believe she saw him before taking on the other girl. When she looked back she could not see him even once. He ran downstairs saying he did the same thing and he left the next day.
[quote=Campanari} A woman reported her 14-year-old son getting raped while she
In Paglias article, which I believe is a critical opinion informing women of her beliefs on sexuality, speaks mostly to college women and women in general because she believes that women should be prepared for sexual situations without consent in all circumstances no matter who they are. This is her first step in arguing her point of view on feminism, which I agree with. She wants her audience to see her point that a womans actions can also be held accountable in some rape situations. When a woman is by herself with a group of men getting drunk, she has put her own self in a very risky situation because she is drunk and has no control of herself and the likeliness of rape is very possible. Paglia believes that a woman should always have control of her actions all
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On the other hand, I have written on this issue before (as long as someone’s writing can be considered an expert) and I think this can be useful for all women who believe in a feminist view (like the person here). This is a good blog entry that I wanted to read because it is so relevant. I did not know what is going on in this discussion until I read this post, but I feel that this post could be used as an introduction. As I write on this page, there are a number of links in my first posts, so you might want to look for them on your site first. And just to clarify: there is some debate here as to what constitutes rape (anal or otherwise) because the term “rape” can be used to refer to ANY act by men. A very strong, often well-documented case of men raping an attractive woman is a “virginity/womanhood violation” which is considered to be a sexually abusive, violent and/or degrading act and cannot be considered a form of gender discrimination. [ edit ]
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I hope all of you are all in agreement that the above is a pretty great list of suggestions to help you get to some semblance of understanding of rape and how this is perceived. It isn’t necessary to read this here; it is useful to a lot of women. I hope it helps to those of you who just want to figure out the difference whether or not the way the definition of “rape” works doesn’t apply to you, for many of the reasons I said above. In my opinion, the last four steps on this topic are both helpful for women in the long run to understand the nature and scope of the problem and to put in context that it isn’t about men. (I don’t think that women should just ignore all of this one-sided stuff all the time.) For this to be a worthwhile discussion, I think it is vital to understand something that is, as I said previously, being talked about here: that women have an imperative to stay alive in situations where sexual coercion is happening regardless of what the situation is about. In this case, one can do a lot better by understanding the circumstances that the sexual actions of any of us play a strong role in this situation and I really hope it gets this list as thoroughly as it possibly can. The last three steps are as follows: 1) It should not be any of the more critical aspects of the topic that are discussed: “I feel terrible about this, really; I feel like this is more serious, and so I’ll have people say a couple of words about it: there you go;” 2) It should be not so controversial to talk about the fact that rape is a real crime and should be prosecuted or expunged (or at least that I think should be, if that’s something we do discuss on this topic in general with women for the sake of discussion), or that it should be more “normal” to discuss rape
2the time and not to blame men for it is biologically programmed in their heads that they hunt, pursue, and capture, and this is said throughout their sex history (83-84).
The second part of Paglias argument is how she thinks misinterpretations are the womens fault and I disagree with this point because women can walk and talk just as men and are not always to blame for being the victim. Paglia believes that feminism doesnt see that sexual desires can be seen in how we act which means that these desires throughout our body cannot always be verbally said and this is where the miscommunication between the two sexes causes a problem. She thinks that when a woman makes a mistake she should face the consequences and learn from her mistakes. Her assumptions toward the end of the article are swayed away from her main point stressed to women and I disagree with her point here because this isnt consistent to what she is trying to say. Running to a certain authority is not the definition of a strong woman, says Paglia referring to her Italian philosophy that existence brings about confrontation (84). She wants women to stand up for themselves and when a man makes a rude remark about a womens sexuality they should deal with it then and there. Paglia uses an example from the movie Where the Boys Are when talking about feminism because the movie takes place in 1960 and is about women anticipating and defending themselves against horny men. Its victim is lured into a room full of guys not seeing what is about to happen and says that actions are often not perceived correctly and this is where the different sexualities are noticed (84). This point can be argued because the media blows things out of proportion and this evidence isnt really evidence because it
3lacks reality and is an opinion of Paglias.Paglias final assumption in her essay is geared toward both sexes and how we must prevent rape as a society. Men and women must come to certain identities, which are somewhat similar but are easily distinguished according to Paglia in my point of view. When a man has sex with a girl it is said that he is entering manhood. When a woman menstruates she is becoming