Other - Society & Culture - 20 September 2006

Well, do you? It seems to me that rape has become a blanket term for anything ranging from a true sexual assault to someone's wounded feelings over a bad date.

As a society, we've 'glorified' the act with media; broadcasting the popularity of the accusation, the exploitation, the attention, the advocacy. I neither condone nor approve the rape of men *OR* women, though I do feel as though it's become something beyond it's orginal intention.

Dictionary def. is as follows; "any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person."

Does anyone else feel as though the term has become as common as saying "I love you," both phrases losing their true meanings to become standby phrases and excuses for anything that could happen?

2006-09-20 15:50:53 · 9 answers · asked by Miss Kitae 3

2006-09-20 15:41:53 · 11 answers · asked by Wait a Minute 4

2006-09-20 15:40:10 · 1 answers · asked by ? 2

why aren't there drive-bys in trailer parks

2006-09-20 15:36:40 · 12 answers · asked by mike j 1

I have to start beating my wife and kids???????

2006-09-20 15:34:33 · 16 answers · asked by mike j 1

Went to visit in Boston and was amazed at all the Dunkin Donut shops! About 1 every other block! What's up with that?lol

2006-09-20 15:30:04 · 5 answers · asked by momof3pups 2

I have natural blue eyes and blonde hair. I love my blonde hair which was not always the case when I was a child I wanted brown hair because I was the only girl with blonde hair in my school and I thought all the girls with brown hair were so much prettier than me. I hate my blue eyes. I have never liked them and I actually wear brown colored contacts. My best friend does the same thing (we don't 'copy each other, we just both have a genuine dislike of blue eyes). I know alot of people with brown eyes who wear blue contacts or wish they had blue eyes. Am I strange or are there other's out there who hate their blue eyes?
It also makes me mad when women of color get blue contacts and they are potrayed as trying to 'act white'. Maybe they just like blue eyes! I personally think brown eyes are so pretty and don't know why they want to change anyway! (sexiest blue eyed person:Angelina Jolie)

2006-09-20 15:26:48 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2

I said-When we do not hold individuals responsible for their individual actions but instead clump those of similar ethnicity or religious beliefs together and hold the group responsible we lower ourselves to the level of the terrorists."
You said-
Are you making a specific accusation against our leaders or our military? Because I have seen no evidence that such discrimination is occurring
"Reported incidents of anti-Muslim bias, harassment, discrimination and violence in the US increased by 29.6 percent in 2005"
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/09/us-anti-muslim-bias-incidents-spiked.php
You said-Terrorists violate international law daily, yet you choose to get angry at our elected officials. Why?
look for your self--Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president who was ousted by the US invasion in 2003, had no links to al-Qaeda, according to a long-awaited US Senate report released yesterday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2809024c-3fa0-11db-a37c-0000779e2340.html

2006-09-20 15:25:10 · 3 answers · asked by rwl_is_taken 5

2006-09-20 15:24:58 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2

i do not know how to study good so can you give me some advice? i am only a 10 year old so please help

2006-09-20 15:22:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

When you think about it, America is a part of almost every nation out there, meaning we are a part of everybody. America is made up from immigrants from all over the world, from Europe, Asia, South America, etc... When you hate or harm Americans, you are harming your own ancestors. Am I right?

2006-09-20 15:21:53 · 38 answers · asked by Swede 3

if someone is nigerian & english they look way different from someone who is African American (with no direct african roots) and caucasian american. I've noticed that. I'm not trying to say that all mixed people are supposed to look alike. But african & european mixed people look different from people who are mixed with white american & black american.
for example, sophie okonedo & thandie newton do not look like the average mixed girl. I looked at them that i knew they were mixed with africans, direct from africa.

2006-09-20 15:16:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-20 15:16:45 · 10 answers · asked by Swede 3

2006-09-20 15:13:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-20 15:10:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-20 15:08:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wherein lies a consensus of fact rather than knowledge of fact?

2006-09-20 15:06:57 · 1 answers · asked by mrknositall 6

My 9 month old and I almost got trampled on by a flock of elementary students and their parents today dropping my son off at school. Even though I had my baby, I held the door for others after me, and went behind them. I almost got tripped twice by people in the rear, and people cutting in from the front. How rude. I had to clutch my baby to my chest to brace us in case we did take a fall. No one even said excuse me, or I apologize. Wow. Has anyone else damn near got mowed down by a human stampede in public?

2006-09-20 15:06:16 · 2 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4

lol, the festival is here and we've got two days off from school and I was just wonderin' if schools up north did that to. Businesses also close, and this goes for my (ver small) town and surrounding towns....is it like this everywhere?

2006-09-20 15:03:59 · 2 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5

Dumb commercials. pontificating, liberal-eliteists celebrities. loudmouthed, narrowminded, neoconservative talk show hosts. bland, banal sitcoms. hokey, mellowdramatic, public service announcements. crappy, prefab, top 40 music. Distorted news stories with loads of bias and very little relevance. The smiling face of a decietful politician- Just tell me how much conformity people have to swallow before they lose the ability to think for themselves altogether?!

2006-09-20 15:02:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-20 15:01:40 · 7 answers · asked by yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 2

2006-09-20 14:58:42 · 8 answers · asked by Mollie 2

(if you were on / in it you would be invisible too)

What would you fear?

2006-09-20 14:50:13 · 4 answers · asked by busterp 3

2006-09-20 14:48:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

did you try to lick your elbow after you read this? be honest!

2006-09-20 14:43:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are many legal things i.e. McDonalds that will kill you so I dont believe health is a reason to criminalize things

2006-09-20 14:42:44 · 7 answers · asked by JimJoe 1

2006-09-20 14:41:49 · 1 answers · asked by ers 2

I'm really happy and my friends think I"m really cheerful. I dunno though, I always find myself thinking nasty thoughts like death etc. Its weird. I'm wondering whats making me act like this.

2006-09-20 14:41:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you have a option to pick

2006-09-20 14:38:57 · 17 answers · asked by summerbrze 2

2006-09-20 14:38:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous