So Mormon Feminists Believe in Rape Culture?

I never thought MoFem's would subscribe to such asinine feminist theories, but here is an excerpt from their site on MoFem 101:

"In a rape culture, people are surrounded with images, language, laws, and other everyday phenomena that validate and perpetuate, rape. Rape culture includes jokes, TV, music, advertising, legal jargon, laws, words and imagery, that make violence against women and sexual coercion seem so normal that people believe that rape is inevitable. Rather than viewing the culture of rape as a problem to change, people in a rape culture think about the persistence of rape as “just the way things are.” Simply put, rape culture teaches women and girls to protect themselves, rather than teaching men and boys not to rape."

I've lost faith in feminists to ever concede the point that they are so blinded by their own ideology that they are coming across as the designated village idiot in a village full of idiots, when it comes to understanding the concept of rape.  And rape culture, isn't even a concept developed by their self-proclaimed academics, but rather a concept they hijacked to further their political agenda of fear mongering and hatred against men. Basically it spreads this idea that all men are violent, rapacious monsters, when the majority of men on this planet simply would not bring themselves to commit such a heinous act.

Mormon feminist jump right on the band wagon with this one, and chant with the chorus of their feminist sisters the same old diatribe about men women and sexual encounters that causes hysteria, fear mongering, and stigma both legal and social, where none is warranted, all so that they can promote sexual privilege absent consequence or responsibility (before and after), all the while oppressing men.

To top this all off, they believe its normal in our culture. This is probably due to the fact that 1 in 3/4/5 women are raped in their lifetime? Well I won't hash this out too much, just say it's wrong and instead of misleading people, just link a few sources and explain some simple concepts that will hopefully help you interpret the results somewhat intelligibly.

The first study basically says what we've all been lead to believe, that women are raped and rarely if ever do they lie about it. Here is a collection of studies compiled to back this claim. 

Now for those who actually bother to read the study, you will notice that in order to be classed as a false allegation, it has to be proven like any other crime. A false allegation is not considered false simply because there was no conviction, or trial, or formal report, it has to be proven false. On top of that, false allegations are only proven false when the defendant, the one accused counter sue after a failed conviction of rape. If they are being charged with rape, then they are going to trial, if a charge of rape is made, then that means substantial evidence exists that allows for a trial. If not enough or no evidence exists to support the charge then nothing happens after the allegation is made. Interestingly enough, this is where the largest majority of allegations end up, in the unfounded category.  Here is where it gets confusing, if the allegation is unfounded, or didn't go to trial, or didn't result in a conviction, did a rape happen? Yes or no, but rather unknown so you cannot definitively say it to be either. Add those number to the already proven false allegations you get about 70%, or add it to the number of convictions, you get about the same number.  Who is right? Feminist would have you believe the latter, and then add that 90% go unreported making it come to 97% of rapists never being charge or seeing the inside of a jail cell.

However, we cannot say that because we cannot know that. As for saying that 90% of rapes go unreported? Doing anonymous surveys with a limited sample size and loaded questions, may show that some go unreported, but 90%? Yeah right. If that were true, then that could automatically mean 50% of rape allegations are false. On top of that, remember too that with anonymous surveys, there is no way to verify the results.

But still if all this isn't enough to get you thinking, perhaps you can take a look at this little snippet showing how skewed statistics can get when they appeal to emotion instead of evidence, and how easily misinformation can spread.

But even if we did give feminist ideologues the benefit of the doubt on rape, it still would not equal 1 in 3/4/5 women.

I can go on about this for a while, but I digress. Men are not included typically in the statistic, but they are victims. It was nice to see a study finally quantify that, even though 'made to penetrate' wasn't considered a rape, but happened almost as often. Looks like if we are going to support rape culture as a legitimate theory, women need to be held accountable for their part.

Interpret them as you will but I, and other like minded individuals who aren't blinded by a political ideology and have a functioning brain, know that those who commit these terrible crimes are not normal.  Our frontal lobe has evolved to help inhibit our primal urges and we do just that because we live in a society that practices order and structure.  Allowing something as heinous as rape to go unpunished would not bode well and I imagine the backlash would be devastating.  There is no rape culture as feminists define it and even the organization that supports the abolition of rape has come out against the concept.

I've already kind of hashed this out before, but I just had to bring it up again because it just won't die.

So let's stop pretending there is so that we can also end what I find most appalling about the MoFem's declaration, the fact that men need to be taught not to rape. Again, are we dogs? Born with the insatiable urge to do things without anything to suppress those instincts? Of course not, we are human after all. Lets clarify this statement by putting it in a different context.

"Don't tell pedestrians to look before crossing the road, tell drivers to stop hitting them."

"Don't tell children to not accept candy, tell kidnappers to stop offering it to them."

Wait a minute these are reasonable people doing these things, they would never intentionally cause harm or malice to another. Men are more like animals, after all they need to have their urges trained out of them.

"Don't tell swimmers to stop splashing around like injured fish, tell sharks to stop biting them."

"Don't tell me I can't have a picnic in the untamed wild savannah grasslands, tell lions not to prey on me."

Still sounds like a stupid idea even when you reduce one side to something primal. I have so many more of these:

"Don't tell me how to swim, tell water not to drown."

"Don't tell me not to wear metal in a storm, tell lightning not to strike me."

I wonder if MoFem's could see the logic behind their irrational viewpoint? Maybe but I also think they get the idea from the 'natural man' doctrine described in the Book of Mormon. While I think this is true, I do not think we are born that way anymore than we are born as 'spiritual men', and by the way, this applies to women too. So they would have to indict themselves as well as men, advocating for the instruction of women to do the right thing as well. Probably not because will likely get categorized as discrimination and oppression against women. 

Again so much for equality for men as well as women. But then again if they are throwing in with feminists, it likely was never on the agenda.

"But feminist want equality for women and men." No they don't, I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's not what they say but what they do that defines them, and seeing what they do, is the exact opposite of what they claim, and they are going to have to make a choice, between feminism or Mormonism:

"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions…. This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ….Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted….Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened….Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel.” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Feb 1979, p. 69-73)