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Penises don't rape people, rapists do

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BeLemonNow · 23/08/2025 15:32

Penises don't rape people, rapists do
I read it in Judith Butler's 'Gender Woo'.

There were suggestions in another thread we are (i) poorly read and and (ii) obsessed with penises

So I read Judith Butler's "Who's Afraid of Gender" and was asked for a summary. That's probably the best bit, I've summarised for clarity and set it to a tune oc.

Has anyone else read it who would like to share their thoughts?

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IrnBruAndDietCoke · 23/08/2025 15:53

Dogs don't kill people, rabbits do...

Sorry it's been ages since I read Butler (I've probably still got a copy of something she wrote upstairs) and I can't remember much about what she said other than thinking she made no sense at all and it was all just very convincing rhetoric built on a series of logical fallacies and highly selective examples.

Bannedontherun · 23/08/2025 15:51

Are there “penisi” wandering around the countryside by themselves?

I better watch out oo er.

KateShugakIsALegend · 23/08/2025 15:47

It makes it sound like either / or, when it is both.

CurlewKate · 23/08/2025 15:46

But the person needs a penis to commit rape with.