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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Cartoon: What Causes Rape?

Masheka and I have a new Steubenville-inspired cartoon for Women's eNews about what doesn't (and what DOES) cause rape. Click through thumbnail for the full cartoon:


And a tip of the pen to the always amazing Jaclyn Friedman (co-author of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape) for giving my sketch a quick peek to make sure it was on-point!

Labels: cartoons, feminism, rape, steubenville, women

posted by Mikhaela Reid at 9:00 AM

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are three other things that cause rape,a victims silence, the public excusing rape and of course genetics, rapists tend to breed rapists.

5:21 AM  
Blogger Mikhaela Reid said...

Not sure what I think of that (especially the genetic one—that sounds suspicious to me!)... many victims of rape are silent because they fear stigma or that nothing positive will come out of reporting a rape... but that doesn't CAUSE rape. The public excusing rape is awful too, but still not the cause. The root cause of rape is still a rapist who decides to rape someone.

1:49 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

i wouldnt say those things cause rape anon, just that they fascilitate it.certainly if a girl wants not to be raped, saying no is the first step to take though.

11:54 PM  
Blogger Mikhaela Reid said...

Michael, a woman shouldn't have to say "no" not to get raped... and an unconscious woman doesn't really have that option. Lack of consent is not consent—what's required is a clear "yes."

9:55 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

The main cause of rape is the rapist himself!

9:40 PM  

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