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Jaden Angle
Ms. Caruso
Engl 1102
April 11, 2013
CAP Project
Memo:
In this article I am responding to Abbey Lewiss article called Reddit Rape Thread: Why
I Dont Care What Rapists Have To Say, with the purpose to explain that even though the sites
she responded to in her article may be a little ridiculous and we should not be listening to what
rapists have to say rather than the victims, we do not live in a rape culture. Throughout my
article I will strive to prove that claiming we live in a rape culture is untrue and really extreme.
The audience is pointed towards Abbey Lewis and everyone who has read herarticle.
Lewis, Abbey. "Reddit Rape Thread: Why I Don't Care What Rapists Have To Say." Feminspire.
(2012): n. page. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.
http://feminspire.com/reddit-rape-thread-why-i-dont-care-what-the-rapists-have-to-say/
Do We Live In a Rape Culture? No!
April 11, 2013 / By Jaden Angle
Rape, such a horrifying and intimidating word, an action that many people would rather
not even think about because of how morally wrong and disgusting it is, but the truth is that it
happens every day in our culture. The article Reddit Rape Thread: Why I Dont Care What
Rapists Have To Say by Abbey Lewis, even claims that we live in a rape culture. While I agree
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with most of the statements in Abbeys article, I totally disagree with her making the allegation
that we live in a rape culture. Now do not get me wrong, I am not saying that I believe rape is ok
because I truly am against rape and despise it! It truly saddens me to think that so many people
have been raped and are continuing to get raped. I am all for finding ways to prevent rape.
Abbey Lewis states in her article that, Of course society has a desire to learn about rape
so it can combat it more effectively, but surely, SURELY the priority should be to privilege the
voices of the victims, and learn from their experiences, and ensure their place in the discussion,
before we even consider turning to hear what the rapists have to say?(par.3). This quote just
means that the victims voice should absolutely be valued over the rapists voice, which is a valid
point that I am in total agreement with. She also explains that Reddit and Jezebel are arguing
that women can change their way of life to defend themselves by paying attention to the threads
of why rapists rape, which is on their sites (Lewis par.6), (Reddit and Jezebel is the two sites
Abbey is responding to in her article). Through this she is trying to claim that those sites are
saying the victims should make different choices rather than the rapists, and that is totally the
wrong approach. We should not put the voices of the rapists above the victims and should
definitely not put the blame and shame on the victims.
But with all that said, I believe Abbeys allegation about us living in a rape culture to be
untrue.Now, not saying that rape is not a big problem, but so is many different things such as
murders, kidnappings, and burglary. You do not see people going around saying we live in a
murder culture or a kidnapping culture do you? No. So just because these things happen in our
culture does not mean we label the whole culture, and imply that everyone is in agreement with
all these bad things happening. The Canadian University Press could not have said it better,
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sentence less conversational in orde
strengthen it and make it more prof
Comment [BC4]: Conversational
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calling attention to the quote in thisto more seamlessly work it into the
conversation. It wasnt a quote whe
written. It was just someones writin
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you, but why? Show your reader.
Comment [BC7]: Who is this?
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author as a professional, refer to all
with their last names, rather than w
first naems.
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in parentheses, work to incorporatemore seamlessly into the sentences
you initially talk about these sites.
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It saddens me that there is a very strong and vocal movement asking every woman alive
to think of the world as hostile to her, to think of herself as constantly in danger,
constantly under attack. Walking with a sign that says Stop the raping implies that
somewhere out there is a group of people whose agenda is, indeed, to prolong the
raping.(par.5).
This is exactly what making the allegation that we live in a rape culture is implying.
While I truly sympathize with Abbey and her strong feelings towards rape and these sites
that are giving value to the voices of rapists over victims, we can clearly see that claiming we
live in a rape culture would be overly exaggerating. So even though rape is immoral and blaming
the victim is totally unethical, we do not live in a rape culture. Comment [BC11]:
Jaden,
Although you do make your point in
article, you dont seem to be thorou
ingrained in the fuller conversation a
topic. There are many pieces that ha
focused on the voices of each side, a
have been a great many arguments
those sources, especially in light of r
events. In order to be an expert voic
field, youll need to be sure you are
current conversation and that you shyou are by giving examples and refe
other sources. One source to discuss
is not nearly enough.
Also, as you revise, work to more de
decide upon your word choice based
audience. If you are working to argu
in a published work, such as a maga
article, youll need to be sure to stre
that language so your reader will de
credible source.
Let me know if youd like to talk abo
work at any point. Im looking forwa
seeing what youll do for your portfo
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Works Cited
Lewis, Abbey. "Reddit Rape Thread: Why I Don't Care What Rapists Have To Say." Feminspire.
(2012): n. page. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.
Canadian University Press, "The allegation that we live in a rape culture is deeply sexist."
Sheaf. (2011): n. page. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.Comment [BC12]: Keep in mind t
very difficult to use only one source
that you are an expert in the field.
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Pre-Writing
In this CAP Project I will be responding to the article Reddit Rape Thread: Why I Dont
Care What Rapists Have To Say, written by Abbey Lewis. The context of the article is that
Abbey is responding to the website Reddit who recently posted a thread encouraging rapists to
come forward and tell their side of the story, and to the website Jezebel who in response to the
Reddit thread wrote an article entitled Rapists Explain Themselves On Reddit, And We Should
Listen. Also I believe the audience of Abbeys article is the writer of the Jezebel article and to
the people who have read it; and this articles purpose was to explain to the audience that we live
in a rape culture and that we should not be listening to what rapist have to say, but to what the
victims have to say. Abbey is trying to get the point across, that by websites influencing rapists
to tell their side of the story we are making it seem that what rapist have to say is more important
and are pretty much sending the message that people should try not to get raped rather than,
people should not rape anyone at all. In which I totally agree with this article.
The first time I read through this article I was really surprised to find out about the
other articles influencing the voice of rapist. With that said I stand in agreement with Abbey that
we should not be putting the voice of rapist over the voice of the victims, but what led me to
respond to this article is that Abbey consistently states that we live in a rape culture and I do not
necessarily agree with that. So I feel that in my response to that I would like to say that, I do not
think we live in a rape culture just because a few websites were trying to hear the voices of
rapists and not the victims. I say that because Abbey stating we live in a rape culture is saying
that majority of the people in our culture think rape is acceptable and I do not believe that to
stand true at all.
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In my response I will include the elements of context, audience, and purpose. The
context is that I will be responding to Reddit Rape Thread: Why I Dont Care What Rapists
Have To Say, written by Abbey Lewis, and that she believes we live in a rape culture. This
response will be intended for Abbey Lewis, with the purpose to explain that even though the
sites she responded to may be a little ridiculous and we should not be listening to what rapists
have to say rather than the victims, we do not live in a rape culture. So I believe the best way for
me to respond shall be in the form of an article because not only will Abbey be able to see my
opinion so could everyone else who believes we live in a rape culture.