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I'm pretty sure that if I'm a seller, I'm selling to sell; and I'm pretty sure if I'm a buyer, I'm buying to buy. A Japanese noise artist who records under the name Merzbow releases his vinyl, and the distributor Soleilmoon located in the North West USA gets pre-orders in for distribution, of whom releases them to various buyers
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Are you saying teenagers do not take influence from their peers and pop culture? If teenagers are becoming influenced by, for example, music, film, television, and other related pop culture - that is generally orchestrated by adults - then wouldn't they be influenced by their culture?
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They (rightly) have the smallest voice in shaping the wider culture and are primarily shaped by it, rather than the other way around . The narrative that Steubenville is some kind of indication that "we have a rape culture" - coming out of the radical, postmodern feminist camp - presupposes that these kids are culture-shapers. As I said, it's
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I made a post (yesterday) and the moderators need to approve it.
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Neo, his failure to substantiate his major claims. His definition of rape culture is mushy and unproven as existing in the US. He hasn't cited anything of substance to support his case. No numbers, nothing in the legal system, no theoretical distinctions which would prove the existance of a significant rape culture. It's typical feminist unfalsifiable
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Am I the only one feeling this?
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gotlucky when people talk of culture they are talking of just that, culture, and what may be the cultural values and views of said people. When people talk of rape culture they are talking about the views of a culture in regards to rape, and it's various off shoots that can define rape culture which also includes sexism and patriarchy. It's
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Student, as I told Neodoxy, go through my site (linked above) with some of the things I've written on feminism on different perspectives. gotlucky, I decided that I'd rather stay directly on topic, and not be sidelined by other arguments which would detract from this post, which is rape culture . Though I did not handwave away criticism, I read
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Malachi, if those said statements are representive of a vast majority of people, such as the various Twitter posts on the Public Shaming Tumblr, would it not be a snapshot of the culture we live in? They are not the only ones who say/agree with those statements, a lot of people do. Where is my word about the victim? Honestly I have none, her world was
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The Steubenville case is gaining popularity, and of course rape culture hits the limelight. Thus I'm starting this over again . From the Public Shaming Tumblr , Black Girl Dangerous , and from Raw Story , Harlow explained that it had been “incredibly difficult” to watch “as these two young men — who had such promising futures