Message from @overrated

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2020-02-02 12:16:19 UTC  

People.dont show the rape scenes anymore to respect the victims

2020-02-02 12:16:33 UTC  

They show the aftermath of such events instead of graphically showing it

2020-02-02 12:16:42 UTC  

the aftermath is 100% more important

2020-02-02 12:16:53 UTC  

They show the victims as survivors instead of some sullied property

2020-02-02 12:16:55 UTC  

it's very important they focus on the effects, but american writers?

2020-02-02 12:17:16 UTC  

Idk, in India, I see a welcome change to abolish rape culture

2020-02-02 12:17:21 UTC  

Rape scenes were never about victim respect, the biggest point of rape is taking away someone's self worth and destroying their emotional life

2020-02-02 12:17:22 UTC  

rape is just smacked in place of any old backstory and is rarely even relevant after the fact

2020-02-02 12:17:35 UTC  

The context is what matters most

2020-02-02 12:17:50 UTC  

well no shit rape isn't about respecting victims that's the opposite of rape

2020-02-02 12:17:55 UTC  

Like they have started respecting the sentiments of the victims instead of making it graphic

2020-02-02 12:17:56 UTC  

the point is you should never show rape in a movie for no reason

2020-02-02 12:18:06 UTC  

simply to have rape framed as "bad thing happened! wow!"

2020-02-02 12:18:15 UTC  

I mean the media is anti rape culture

2020-02-02 12:18:33 UTC  

we're sold the idea that it's anti rape culture here

2020-02-02 12:18:47 UTC  

Oh

2020-02-02 12:18:53 UTC  

but realistically we're being shown things that desensitize us to the idea of rape

2020-02-02 12:18:55 UTC  

I get what you mean though

2020-02-02 12:18:57 UTC  

Arguably there is no rape culture but the media is such a left-wing bulwark that it cowtows incessantly to any demands of the progressive post-modernists

2020-02-02 12:19:10 UTC  

Like they make it a fundamental point to a person's story

2020-02-02 12:19:13 UTC  

Exactly

2020-02-02 12:19:24 UTC  

And not like just a thing that happened to them

2020-02-02 12:19:28 UTC  

my issue is when it's irrelevant to the character

2020-02-02 12:19:29 UTC  

anti rape culture? what is it, rationality or something? :v

2020-02-02 12:19:59 UTC  

as in, they were too lazy to write a backstory of traumatic event so they just insert rape

2020-02-02 12:20:06 UTC  

No, here in India they're normalising being a Survivor or sexual assault or rape

2020-02-02 12:20:08 UTC  

then the character is never shown struggling with the after effects, or that's literally just it

2020-02-02 12:20:23 UTC  

Atleast the modern media

2020-02-02 12:20:41 UTC  

Anyway, I've spent enough of my time and attention pondering rape and its cultural position, I feel blemished by spending my attention on something that foul

2020-02-02 12:20:47 UTC  

Yeah that's shitty writing

2020-02-02 12:20:54 UTC  

They do that for gay people too

2020-02-02 12:20:54 UTC  

I believe what Daniel is saying is true if theres no fundamental ground for the rape in a movie or show there’s no need for it at all does progress the story of not then not needed

2020-02-02 12:21:04 UTC  

that's what i mean by it being fetishistic

2020-02-02 12:21:21 UTC  

if it doesn't add anything to the character or the story, it shouldn't be there

2020-02-02 12:21:23 UTC  

Make it their whole personality which makes it feel like people are pushing the gay agenda

2020-02-02 12:21:30 UTC  

That applies to everything

2020-02-02 12:21:34 UTC  

yes absolutely

2020-02-02 12:21:34 UTC  

See JK Rowling

2020-02-02 12:21:40 UTC  

if it's not relevant, don't add it, ever

2020-02-02 12:21:50 UTC  

but it's even more shitty when it's something as serious as rape

2020-02-02 12:21:54 UTC  

and they just.. blow it off after it's done