just so you know in reference to the roman civ vs roman archaeology professor thing im leaning towards roman civ because she makes everyone in the course read an article about relating sexual assault in the classical era vs modern era
Activist movements fourish when they hit upon
a fgure as “ideal” as Lucretia through whom to
make their case: Rosa Parks, Edie Windsor, Rosa
María Hernández. Verginia, too, is just a pretty
young maiden, the daughter of a soldier, betrothed
to a virtuous young hero,
perfect in every way.
Meanwhile, a long line
of non-ideal, non-conforming victims (including many trans women)
are still waiting for their
avengers.
I was told by my professors that Kitty Genovese was a 28-year-old unmarried woman who was attacked, raped, and brutally murdered on her way home from her shift as manager of a bar. I was told that numerous people witnessed the attack and her cries for help but didn’t do anything because they “assumed someone else would”. Nobody intervened until it was too late.
Now… is it likely that people overheard Kitty’s cries for help and ignored them because they thought someone else would deal with it? Or, perhaps, did they ignore her because they knew she was a lesbian and just didn’t care?
Maybe that’s not the case. Maybe it was just a random attack. Maybe her neighbours didn’t know she was gay, or didn’t care.
But it’s a huge chunk of information to leave out about her in a supposedly scientific study of events, since her sexuality made her much more vulnerable to violent crimes than the average person. And it’s a dishonour to her memory.
RIP Kitty Genovese. Society may only remember you for how you died, but I will remember you for who who were.
this was one of the first lessons I had in psych too and we were never told about this either nor was it in any of the reading materials
Honestly, the Kitty Genovese case has been wildly misreported since the beginning, mostly by people who were trying to make point and ignored the actual facts.
The common myth that “thirty-eight people heard what happened and did nothing” is false: one man shouted from his window to “leave that girl alone!” two people called the police, and one woman actually left her apartment to help; she was holding Genovese when emergency services finally arrived. However (and relevant to the OP’s point about how homophobia played a role in the case) one of the witnesses was a man named Karl Ross, a friend of Genovese’s. He saw what was happening, but hesitated to call the cops, first calling a friend, then fleeing his apartment, and then finally calling the police. Ross was also gay. In the 1960s- pre-Stonewall, but very much within the culture of police homophobia- why wouldn’t a gay man have hesitated to call for help? They were as likely to arrest him as come to Genovese’s aid. Even if they didn’t target Ross then and there, there was a significant risk of exposure that went along with contacting any kind of authorities.
Not only that, in he 1960s the police were consistently harrassing gay bars and they were as likely to harm Genovese further as come to her aid.
There was actually a book recently released about this! I haven’t read it, so I can’t vouch for it, but if you want more information on this:
In “No One Helped” Marcia M. Gallo examines one of America’s most infamous true-crime stories: the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese in a middle-class neighborhood of Queens, New York. Front-page reports in the New York Times incorrectly identified thirty-eight indifferent witnesses to the crime, fueling fears of apathy and urban decay. Genovese’s life, including her lesbian relationship, also was obscured in media accounts of the crime. Fifty years later, the story of Kitty Genovese continues to circulate in popular culture. Although it is now widely known that there were far fewer actual witnesses to the crime than was reported in 1964, the moral of the story continues to be urban apathy. “No One Helped” traces the Genovese story’s development and resilience while challenging the myth it created.
like I’m honestly so disgusted I can’t even make a funny joke. You talk about how “monosexuals” enact violence against bisexual people, when the VAST majority of that violence is committed by STRAIGHT PEOPLE, because STRAIGHT PEOPLE are the ones who oppress bisexuals, but then also having the audacity to fucking tag “lesbian, lesbians” with this, you don’t even fucking tag it with “straight people” or anything, you fucking single out lesbians, how fucking dare you, I am so disgusted.
Tell me one more time how “monosexual” doesn’t specifically target lesbians.
honestly i know you omitted the url but who is this so i can block them
A lot of people are asking, this person is privilegedbisexual. Block away.
I mean, I think they tagged “lesbian” in this because its a commonly checked tag? I don’t know anyone who looks at the “straight people” tag, or even the “gay” tag either. Its really ambiguous, but we can’t pretend that there isn’t a sect of (alleged) lesbians who would absolutely rape a bisexual specifically because they’re bi.
I’ll also bring up something else I saw during the BLM “filibuster” of Bernie Sanders’s Seattle showing, though I will mention I’m neutral as to whether it’s a good thing or not. Sometimes people get angrier with others they think should be supportive of them. I think there’s a lot of hurt feelings between bi women and lesbians because they, more than anyone else, should know the struggle of being a woman who loves women. The fact that they hold opposing opinions is particularly upsetting. Straight men not understanding is unsurprising. A woman who loves women not understanding? That’s personally hurtful.
Fuck you. Op literally wanted lesbians to see them calling us fucking predators which we are called every fucking day already by the rest of the world. this is hate speech.
This is absolutely NOTHING like BLM protestors at a fucking presidential candidate’s rally. How fucking dare you.
whilst everyone’s getting pumped for season 5, I think we need to remember a couple of things
don’t forget lady stoneheart. don’t forget that the show runners actively decided to cut one of the most powerful character arcs of the book and force her, instead, into the nagging mother stereotype
don’t forget arianne martell. don’t forget that it looks like the show runners actively decided to cut a powerful, feminine, kick ass woman of colour, who was next in the line of succession
don’t forget that her storyline was all about liberating myrcella and crowning her under dornish law, where women have the same inheritance rights as men, and aren’t passed over in favour of their younger male siblings. don’t forget that her entire storyline focused on females empowering other females.
don’t forget that it looks like they’re giving that same storyline to her younger male sibling, who they have gone out of their way to age up so he fits the role, and the story will now probably be “dashing young prince-to-be kidnaps damsel in distress”
don’t forget the jamie/cersei rape scene. don’t forget that the show runners actively made the decision to change the story and make that scene include rape.
don’t forget that mance rayder had a wife called dalla, and that she had a sister called val and that they were both important leading characters in jon’s story. don’t forget that the show runners actively made the decision to cut them out.
don’t forget the totally unnecessary changes to bran’s storyline. don’t forget the fact that rape and abuse just became part of the background set for most of those scenes. don’t forget that the show runners were on set, actively deciding that those scenes needed a little more male on female violence in the background.
don’t forget that natalia tena wanted osha to have a pubic wig because when the fuck would a wildling women shave her vagina and the show runners actively told her that wasn’t allowed.
don’t forget that they created a female character just to serve as a frequently nude prostitute, and that when the actress, esme bianco, refused to do any more nude scenes, the show runners fired her
don’t forget that she was then killed off in the most sexually violent, brutal, and demeaning way possible
don’t forget chataya and alayaya, a mother and daughter who were strong, sexual, and unashamedly so, and ran their own brothel. don’t forget that the show runners cut them out, too. don’t forget that the show runners have no problem with sex and prostitution so long as it’s on a man’s terms, and as soon as women are making the decisions, they don’t like it.
don’t forget that this show we love and watch and support perpetually goes out of its way to instigate violence against women, to take away their agency, their character, their rights, and their abilities. don’t forget that the show runners consciously make the decisions to demean women and use them as a way to dress the set. don’t forget that they take stories from women and give them to the men. don’t forget that they do not support and respect women the way we support and respect their show.
i still occasionally get anons asking me why i don’t watch this show any more - and this is why. i don’t think the books were feminist masterpieces in any way and i don’t really like george rr martin, but the racist, misogynistic and sexist direction this show has gone in disgusts me.
i don’t mind other people watching at all, but please don’t tell me to get over myself or stop being a killjoy etc. when i say that i don’t like it any more.
Would it kill men to not casually be sexually predatory all the fucking time?
i honestly think, Yes. Yall girls think its so easy, but forget the fundamental of humans. Men need to get it on so we can repopulate. Sure now we have brains to tell us better however at the end of the day instinct overpowers brains.
“women aren’t oppressed! feminism isn’t needed! not all men are rapists or abusers! lets threaten to murder women who suggest otherwise to prove our points! we’re so fucking logical!"
“I think the act of carrying something that is normally found in our bedroom out into the light is supposed to mirror the way I’ve talked to the media and talked to different news channels, etc,” Emma continues in the full video which you can watch here.
So, I just want to go into HOW MUCH Columbia and the NYPD has failed, and revictimized, Emma Sulkowicz.
In her school hearing, Sulkowicz had to explain to the three administrators on the panel how anal rape worked. She told them she had been hit across the face, choked and pinned down, but, she said, one still seemed confused about how it was possible for someone to penetrate her there without lubricant. Sulkowicz said she had to draw them a diagram.”
“Her best friend was meant to be at the hearing; Sulkowicz had chosen her as her one “supporter.” But her friend was kicked out of that role for talking about the case, according to Sulkowicz, in violation of the university’s confidentiality policy. As punishment, her friend was also put on probation and made to write two reflection papers: one from the perspective of Sulkowicz and another from the accused.”
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HER FRIEND’S RAPIST
- Two other women at Columbia have accused this guy of sexual assault/rape. But he’s been found not responsible in all instances, and is still on campus.
- When she went to the police, one officer said: “You invited him into your room. That’s not the legal definition of rape.”
- Another officer told her friends, who came with her: ““For every single rape I’ve had, I’ve had 20 that are total bull——,” he added. “It’s also my type of job to get to the truth. If that means being harsh about it, that’s what I do.”
