"rapes Him"?

Raymei · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

I've noticed that more and more lately girls have been using the word "rape" to express when they think a guy is hot.

Like "OMG! I would SO rape him!" or "I just wanna tie him down and rape him!" or even just " *rapes him* "
Lately it's been on dA & FAC that I've seen.

I'm not asking people to delete comments like this or anything like that (not *that* kind of post), I've just noticed it and can't imagine why the heck this phrase would be used at all let alone so much.
Whoever started this little trend needs to be slapped across the face.

It's not funny. It's not clever. It's not witty. And it's downright not cool.

This is just disturbing.
Has anyone else been noticing this or better yet, anyone else think it's just plain messed up?

eclipsedmoongoddess482 · Elder In Training Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 3703

Yeah I've noticed it too. And I am guilty of making comments like that to some guy FAC members here. :(

You do have a point. Rape isn't funny. A very close friend of mine..well she had something really bad happen to her and she still isn't like totally recovered from it. I guess I forgot about it. She was really devestated though. Still is. Sad

Its a very emotionally disturbing act.

But really, other words that have serious meanings have been thrown around like that too. You know, people are always saying "OMG! I'm like going to kill you for that!" Killing is just as serious as raping and yet people have been using that word lightly for years. Rape is just like the new word to use I guess. :/ Pretty soon we'll be using sodomize instead of rape. You watch.
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unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

I've noticed it. I've used it once or twice when saying that I would rape Tommy. I've never used it for a girl tho. Some of my friends use it, doesn't bother me because I'm not a female.
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Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

That's not cool at all. :/ It's a pretty serious matter, so it's not a good thing to use that word so lightly. Sad

It's disrespectful to rape victims...
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PhunkYMunkY · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

..They wouldn't be victims if they weren't raped.

Edit: I think I started saying rape and then I moved onto bone..

Then everyone started using rape and bone..

Not saying I'm the trend setter.. far from it.. but it's all in the timing?

I think it's fine to use, to be honest. Like when people stress about the word see you en tee - cunt.

If the person truly takes offense, then the person in the wrong could at the most apologise... Otherwise.. it's just a word in my book. There's far worse things to say.

Raymei · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:

I don't like it.
I'm not out to censor anything, but I don't see it as an act to joke about or take lightly.

It's a really sensative subject and doesn't project a very good image...

PhunkYMunkY · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject:

Did someone close to you get raped?

fallenangel · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

Meh. It was kinda funny before it was so horribly overused. Like fag. Now it's attached to everything as just an alternative for "loser", which I actually like. Taking the power out of the words is a good thing (Gray's a cunt Sad

).

Buuuut, there's a difference between profanity and actions. The word rape doesn't mean anything on its own, just the action. Which isn't funny, but I don't mind it in the context peopl use it in. "Omg he's hot! I wanna have sex with him!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

I think it initially caught on because of the reality that all the people they use it on would never ever consider screwing them. Thus "he's so hot I'm gonna forcibly do him!!!" It isn't funny, but...I don't mind it.

Then again, I'm really not offended by anything people say, so.
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ThaKakarot · Oldbie Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 2246

this thread kinda cuts me down :mellow:

i as gray just see it as a word... and don't take the slightest bit of offense when someone says it to me (james.wub) even though someone very very close to me has been raped before...

cut me down this did

Stratadrake · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject:

[quote]"Omg he's hot! I wanna have sex with him!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.[/quote]
No, it's more like "OMG he's hot I wanna [b]forcibly[/b] have sex with him!" -- ignoring whether said character would want to engage in it themselves, particularly if said character would be against it. Definition of "rape". <_<

And also a good definition for "otaku" Laughing

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fallenangel · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

But that's what I meant, Strata. Saying it without using the word or definition of rape, just saying "I [b]want[/b] to have sex with him" doesn't sound the same or as good as "he's so hot I wanna force him to have sex with me"/"*rapes him*".

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Brianhjh · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

I dunno, maybe the word "rape" has worse connatation than "kill" since rape victims are alive and we feel for them.

"I wanna rape her" sounds more serious than "I wanna kill her"
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layzcarter · I used to work here Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 3988

I'm not all uptight when it comes to the word rape and such. But I've noticed it and I think it's pretty stupid. I've mentioned it once before to a few people, but it seems I was ignored.
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Raymei · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

[quote="ThaKakarot (Thomas)"] this thread kinda cuts me down :mellow:

cut me down this did [/quote]
noooooooo. no no.

I dont like it but I'm not posting about it so everyone can rally up against those who say it or anything o.o like I said in my first post, I'm not looking to censor anything.
Forums are for discussing T_T and we're discussing.

I don't like it. It seems like a really sick thing to use in a sentence. And actually the "kill" thing is getting kids suspended/expelled from a lot of schools. People take it a little more seriously since that Columbine thing (my youngest brother, who I actually am fairly cautious of, was almost expelled for it)

There are also some weird kids out there o.o
Some that take things a little more litterally than one should. What you say as a joke (which is only obvious because what you're saying is so extreme it couldn't POSSIBLY be sincere) might be something they actually do because you said it would be cool.

But it's also a sensative subject.
Going back to the "kill" thing; lots of people die, so it's a little hard to associate with that specifically. but if someone "joked" about stabbing someone they were mad at or something, and your dad/brother/girlfriend or the like was stabbed to death, that would hit pretty close to home.

Where as "rape" is a bit more general, but just as (if not more so) touchy.

Both are crimes of violence, but one seems to leave a much deeper scar in victims and friends/family of them (and for the friends/family of the attacker as well in most cases)

All around, it's just messed up.

unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

I wanna rape tommy...
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Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

Way to not contribute. Razz

Now Raymei's gonna eat your brains.
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unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

yeah, but i just wanted to show how harmless it could be to the two people (me and him). We would never mean to offend anyone that way. And like i said, I would never say that to a girl. I'd never do that to a girl either. But it's all in good fun. But hey, atleast someone addressed the issue, now we all know to go a little lighter on it. Tho, i will still say it, because i am not forcing harm on to anyone. People will just have to take it as they want to. Like i said, I mean no harm . . . .

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Lilium · Member Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 88 Location: Jordan

Ick, another forum where I go to...using the word rape (and other related words/brief descriptions...) is pretty common. >.<;;; They're nice people but it's turned into a huge trend over there...sadly. Luckily, though, rape fetishes are not mainstream...God forbid. :ph34r:

Just look at this awful thing and you'll know what I mean:
http://animespiral.com/viewstory.php?sid=1...f80a653518a480c

i just hope this sort of thing will die away eventually.
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Fae · Forum Stalker Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 1045

edit: never mind. what i wrote before didnt make much sense.

rape is bad. <--way to state the obvious

falconwing · Member Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 82

I think it all comes down to how well you know the person the word is applied to. Some people dont care and its fine. Someone else however might be horribly offended.
I dont like the phrase, but Im not going to complain if somebody uses it, just so long as they get the hint if somebody lets them know its not funny.