Apples and... Round Red Fruits That Grow On Trees?

[botias]

Remember I was talking about how Joss Whedon is no stranger to eroticizing torture, for all that he gets his panties in a bunch if the torturee is a woman. Because he's a feminist and thinks women should be equal to men in all things. :|

Here's someone who looked at Whedon's record more closely: Torture in the 'Verse (from the su_herald)

And the FLDS thing got me thinking too. Within the last couple of years I've read at least two National Geographic Articles describing the marriage practices of African tribespeople that pretty much are equivalent to the practices of the FLDS. Pre-pubescent girls are available sexually to the young warriors-in-training until the girls start to menstruate. Then they are married off by their fathers to older men they don't know. The articles were presented without condemnation of any kind. It's just a different culture, right? Imagine the outcry if they had done an article on a FLDS "tribe". So, why the difference in perception? Is it a race thang?

Comments

[botias.livejournal.com]

I guess what I am saying is that if I were a female refugee in the Sudan, who probably runs one of the most severe risks of violence anywhere, I would probably not be thinking that CSI was part of the cause of my woes.

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

No that's true.

But on a global scale, the US and Europe's society does affect the Sudan. We improve our rights, we improve human rights, we improve womens rights, we improve the nice Sudanese lady's rights.

<-- it doesn't work like that in reality yet, white feminists are very bad at being anti-racist.

[botias.livejournal.com]

One can only hope. I can think of some problems with the picture aside from apathy. First we have to have power. If the US and Europe have backed away from the Sudan, I understand that other countries are not as squeamish and are beginning to be equally resource hungry.

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

*mphglurble*

International resources I will leave for another day :D If this hasn't frightened you off ever LJing on the subject again :D

[botias.livejournal.com]

*snerk* It's been edumacational and I've enjoyed very much. :D Now back to our regularly scheduled programming of rhapsodizing about spectacularly violent fantasy men.

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

and hopefully cartoon porn. *runs away to find my lexy being all hurt*

[botias.livejournal.com]

*puts finishing touches on cartoon porn sword fight*