Class Discussion, 3/3

Ugh, I'm sorry I am a little late on this. It has been a very hectic week. I found the class discussion rather amusing which was really nice for a change. Even though 50 Shades of Gray is something of it's own kind, I am happy we were able to pick out the humorous parts of it.

However, now that I have been taking this class, my views and immunity to rape are definitely different than they were at the start of the course. As I mentioned in class, I view a lot things that just come across in my daily life that I begin to see red flags. For example, in 50 Shades of Gray, I never would have viewed that trilogy of something of abusive until I started taking my courses this semester. The manipulative behavior that is so prevalent, as well as the weird sexual acts and the idea of this man "who does not do love" is something that is so normal in our society that it didn't seem like it was bad until I viewed it with a different mindset. But hey, isn't most stuff like that in the world? Another example that I have caught myself doing is viewing things on my social media accounts, such as Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and an app called The Berry. Within these different accounts, (mostly on Pinterest) I will see these quotes that act as though a girl is a victim of something. Hold on, let me find one...

And about a minute and fifteen seconds later I found this:



With some gibberish below about a girl who felt something.This is just one example of many that shows how immune we are to victim-like behavior. We see things like this and we don't even take a second look because it is second nature to us now. And I believe that girls like that, who post stuff like what is above, are going to be more at risk of being a rape victim versus a girl posting something like this:


(This took me twice as long to find versus the top one. I believe that it may be easier for people to be pessimistic versus optimistic).

Someone who can see the true depth within this quote probably are a little more in tune to the life that is surrounding them. After seeing talking about this, I wonder if there are commonplaces and behavioral traits that rape victims to have? I believe that to a certain degree, girl's can pick up on boys that are creepy. I feel as though if a girl were to allow themselves to get that drunk and black out, that there are definitely other underlying issues. But as I was saying, I believe that society has become to immune to this boy cried wolf tactic, which probably leads people to believe in the assumption that the woman was asking for it? SOOO many cultural norms play into rape and movies such as 50 Shades of Gray that you begin to wonder, where did we go wrong and how long ago did this start? And how do we even begin to fix such an issue?