"It's just upsetting that kids are familiar with the word rape at such an early age, whether they understand it or not."
What the fuck. Would you be upset if your kids knew the word 'murder'? What about 'torture' or 'genocide'? What about 'war' or 'terrorism'? No, you're plenty fine with kids hearing them but 'rape' is just too far. It seems violence and violence related crimes have been normalized in the media whereas sex and sexual crimes are still very taboo. Kids are still allowed to pretend to kill each other (and watch depictions of people being killed) while sex crimes are utterly and unspeakably heinous.
The article isn't written as well as it could be and I don't feel I can really draw any conclusions from it. I don't even know who was calling it 'rape tag'. The article is provocatively titled, presumably so that they're able to generate knee jerk reactions from their consumers. As you read on, you discover the premise isn't actually based on rape at all.
What the fuck. Would you be upset if your kids knew the word 'murder'? What about 'torture' or 'genocide'? What about 'war' or 'terrorism'? No, you're plenty fine with kids hearing them but 'rape' is just too far. It seems violence and violence related crimes have been normalized in the media whereas sex and sexual crimes are still very taboo. Kids are still allowed to pretend to kill each other (and watch depictions of people being killed) while sex crimes are utterly and unspeakably heinous.
The article isn't written as well as it could be and I don't feel I can really draw any conclusions from it. I don't even know who was calling it 'rape tag'. The article is provocatively titled, presumably so that they're able to generate knee jerk reactions from their consumers. As you read on, you discover the premise isn't actually based on rape at all.
