Posts Tagged ‘date rape’
Date Rape Anthem: 7 Year Bitch’s “Dead Men Don’t Rape”
OK. It’s about time these Date Rape Anthems got down to serious business:
Date Rape Anthem: 7 Year Bitch’s “Dead Men Don’t Rape,” another in our anti-rape anthem series, obviously. Thanks to commenter Shannon Drury for the tip.
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Date Rape Anthem: Nirvana’s “Rape Me”
In nearly a year of chronicling songs about rape here on the Sexist, I’ve yet to profile one of the most well-known songs about rape. Or is it about rape? Either way, this track name-checks the word “rape” about a bajillion times:
Date Rape Anthem: Nirvana’s “Rape Me”
Date Rape Anthem: Nada Surf’s “Mother’s Day”
Thanks to commenter Keara for suggesting another positive addition to the annals of date rape anthems. Up next:
Date Rape Anthem: “Mother’s Day” by Nada Surf, a 2002 track about boys who rape girls on their Star Wars sheets, and why that’s unacceptable.
Deconstructing Rape Myths: On Short Skirts (On Lesbians)
A couple weeks ago on the Sexist, we discussed why wearing a short skirt is not an invitation to be raped. Still, doubts lingered. The two main arguments for why women must still protect themselves from rape by ditching the short skirt:
a) Rape is just one big misunderstanding. The proponents of this argument believe that women who wear short skirts are signaling that they are interested in sex. Therefore, rapists will naturally gravitate to these women and proceed to fuck them without their consent, because, hey—the skirt already gave them the go-ahead.
b) Short skirts are just too sexy to resist. According to this view, rapists are well aware that every woman in a miniskirt isn’t down to fuck. But they just can’t help themselves when they catch sight of those gams, so be a good girl and don’t tempt the rapist.
Let’s see if we can’t address both of these theories at once with the help of star commenter Frankie.
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Date Rape Anthem: Juelz Santana’s “Back to the Crib”
Date Rape Anthem: Juelz Santana’s “Back to the Crib,” featuring the no. 1 guy who really shouldn’t be participating in tributes to sexual assault, Chris Brown. [Thanks to Megan Thomas-Melly for the recommendation].
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On Short Skirts
This week, the results of a recent British study revealed that over 50 percent of women believe that rape victims are partially responsible for their own assaults. In the wake of the news, Jenni Murray tells her story of being raped as a 19-year-old. Murray insists she doesn’t blame rape victims. But she does blame herself.
Murray lists three “extremely stupid” things she did on the night she was raped: (1) She “had been drinking in the pub” and was “not used to alcohol”; (2) she “went with a group of friends to the home of a much older man”; and (3) she was wearing “what my mother described, disapprovingly, as an extended belt, but what to me was just a fashionable mini skirt.”
Each of Murray’s “mistakes” fall under the category of normal teenage behavior. But unlike Murray’s first two sources of self-blame, wearing a short skirt has little actual connection to a person’s personal safety—miniskirts are an entirely socially constructed vulnerability. So let’s focus for a minute on that extended belt Murray was sporting.
The Worst Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Ever
The great folks over at SAFER Campus pointed me to the most ludicrous Sexual Assault Prevention information page ever, courtesy of the Valdosta State University police department. Instead of providing valuable information for men and women concerning the most common form of sexual assault on a college campus—acquaintance rape—Georgia-based VSU has published a 13-point victim-blaming guide that manages to shame women for climbing stairs, not gouging a dude’s eyes out, and failing to be constantly vigilant of the serial killers who walk among us.
The worst of the worst, after the jump.
Date Rape Anthem: Kiely Williams’ “Spectacular”
Date Rape Anthem: The parade of female-sung Date Rape Jams continues. Kiely Williams‘ “Spectacular,” a song about getting wasted, passing out, and having the most incredible sex of your life!
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Super Meta Date Rape Anthem: Paradiso Girls’ “Patron Tequila”
Date Rape Anthem: Last week’s Date Rape Anthem, Ke$ha’s “Blah Blah Blah,” has inspired some interesting discussion about what happens when women take on the traditionally male anthem. Bitch Magazine says that Ke$ha’s music “turns the traditional male-chauvinist, sexist attitude on its head to deploy the same tactics for her own purposes: being the life of the party.” But can female rapiness ever be empowering? Let’s examine the case of Paradiso Girls‘ “Patron Tequila,” a song that commenter riese hails as the “rapy-est song ever!” Surprise twist: It’s sung by ladies!
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Date Rape Anthem: Ke$ha’s “Blah Blah Blah”
Date Rape Anthem: Up next in our date-rape anthem series: Ke$ha’s “Blah Blah Blah,” a track about how Ke$ha just wants to fuck you—not fucking listen to you! (Thanks to Heartless Doll for bringing this track to my attention).
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