freethinker44
Well-Known Member
If some act, song, video, movie, book, or whatever is sexist, why is it empowering if it is being done by a woman and offensive if it's being done by a man? All things being equal but gender, this is usually the case.
I don't really want to use specific examples because I don't want this to be about a semantics argument about a specific example and whether or not it qualilfies and what not, but this concept isn't new. If you watch "What Would You Do" there is a video where a woman puts drugs in her dates drink and no one does anything and some even laugh about it like "he is going to get lucky" but really, he's about to get raped.
My answer to this is; I think it largely comes down to gender roles. In the scenario given, the common gender roles are men rape and women get raped. If a woman attempts to rape a man, she is basically breaking that gender role, going from potential victim to perpetrator. I think maybe this makes the act, which is the same for both male and female, an empowering moment for the woman as she is taking on the role (rapist) that she is traditionally denied.
Another question that occurred to me as I was writing this is; why is this considered empowering in some situations such as sexism, but overbearing in others such as career position, i.e. women are being bossy, but men are good leaders? Like it's acceptable for a woman to rape a man but not to be his boss.
I don't really want to use specific examples because I don't want this to be about a semantics argument about a specific example and whether or not it qualilfies and what not, but this concept isn't new. If you watch "What Would You Do" there is a video where a woman puts drugs in her dates drink and no one does anything and some even laugh about it like "he is going to get lucky" but really, he's about to get raped.
My answer to this is; I think it largely comes down to gender roles. In the scenario given, the common gender roles are men rape and women get raped. If a woman attempts to rape a man, she is basically breaking that gender role, going from potential victim to perpetrator. I think maybe this makes the act, which is the same for both male and female, an empowering moment for the woman as she is taking on the role (rapist) that she is traditionally denied.
Another question that occurred to me as I was writing this is; why is this considered empowering in some situations such as sexism, but overbearing in others such as career position, i.e. women are being bossy, but men are good leaders? Like it's acceptable for a woman to rape a man but not to be his boss.