Tumblr has taught me more about feminism, women
rights, rape culture, slut shaming, etc, more than school ever had. And there
is something wrong with that.
I have to agree with this quote. I have learned more about feminism, women's rights, rape, etc from the internet (and this class!) than I ever have in school. I feel that there is something wrong with this picture. Why aren't--not just women--all people taught more about these issues? Why are they such taboo subjects in our society?
It makes me think of Compulsory Heterosexuality: if we keep women in the dark about what is really going on then we can keep them the way that we want them. Women aren't educated about these things just as much as they are "compelled" to be heterosexual. We need to be educational about rape, not shy away from the topic. Maybe if we talked more about this taboo topic, then it might happen less?
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