I remember going to a Michael Tate concert. I think it was just him? Maybe he was trying for a solo career at that point or something.
I remember afterwards my brother and I were like, don't you think his dance moves were a bit homoerotic?
But yeah, I totally get where you talk about everything being "sin". Getting a bit vulnerable here but like so many other evangelical white men, it was discovered in 2019 that my brother had been watching CSAM for years. The FBI raided my mom's house where he was living. I haven't spoken to my brother since that point but one of the more infuriating things is that my mom, who has been by his side the whole time, keeps talking about how all pornography is sin and should be illegal. And it just boggles my mind that all of it being "sin" means that she can minimize what he did by putting it on the same playing field as all porn, and therefore since most people watch porn, everyone is bad.
It didn't seem to make a difference to her that my brother was watching people get raped, or their lives get irreparably damaged. "Well he didn't hurt anyone". Bull fucking shit. He was complicit. He ruined lives.
When all sex is shameful, the ethics of consent begin to disappear.
But the church does very little to look inward and curb this behavior because then they'd need to admit that their own theology breeds this mindset. And "we know this stuff is bad, but we all sin" allows them to simultaneously perpetuate this bullshit while at the same time demonizing anyone outside their in-group for "living in sin".
And the fact that evangelicals love trump is all you need to know about their theology. It's shallow. It's performative. And it enables the absolute worst behavior. That is absolutely nothing like Jesus.
Thanks - I appreciate that. I see her most weekdays since she watches my youngest, but there's a strain for sure. This blew our family apart (this and DJT). Jealous of you that you still have good relationships with your family members!
The movie God is Not Dead is a hoot. Kevin Sorbo, a demigod himself, plays a philosophy professor who tries to force his students to sign the statement of non-faith, and then debates the lone faithful student. It turns out that Sorbo hates God!
"Early, accurate, comprehensive education on sex, pleasure, and consent is associated with LOWER rates of sexual abuse perpetration and victimization. Sexually permissive societies have less rape and assault than societies that stigmatize, restrict, and control sex.
Sexual freedom IS safety.
“When something like that happens to you, you feel like the worst person, you feel dirty, worthless,” one alleged survivor told the Guardian.
Whomst might it benefit for a victim to not understand that they were victimized? Whomst might it benefit for survivors to feel dirty and worthless, rather than aggrieved? Whomst might want the people who know what they did to feel too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone what happened to them?"
Then why does the USA, the UK, and Sweden have the highest rape rates in the world, while Russia, Poland, and Belarus have the lowest rape rates in Europe ?
England has 60 million people, and had 78,000 rapes last year
The USA has 330 million People, and 141,000 rapes last year. 39,000 of them were Black men who are 6% of the population, raping White women who are 36% of the Population. thats 27% of all rape in the USA if you can't do math.
Russia, has 155 million people, and had 3,450 rapes last year.
Belarus with 9 million people had less then 3000 rapes
Sweden with 11 million people had 9,000 rapes
France with 60 million people had 32,000 rapes. 3/5ths of them committed by African migrants
Germany with 80 million people had 12,000 rapes, 47% of them committed by foreigners from the middle east and Africa
Sexually permissive societies have more rape then societies with strong gender norms and controls
Grew up in this cult.
I remember going to a Michael Tate concert. I think it was just him? Maybe he was trying for a solo career at that point or something.
I remember afterwards my brother and I were like, don't you think his dance moves were a bit homoerotic?
But yeah, I totally get where you talk about everything being "sin". Getting a bit vulnerable here but like so many other evangelical white men, it was discovered in 2019 that my brother had been watching CSAM for years. The FBI raided my mom's house where he was living. I haven't spoken to my brother since that point but one of the more infuriating things is that my mom, who has been by his side the whole time, keeps talking about how all pornography is sin and should be illegal. And it just boggles my mind that all of it being "sin" means that she can minimize what he did by putting it on the same playing field as all porn, and therefore since most people watch porn, everyone is bad.
It didn't seem to make a difference to her that my brother was watching people get raped, or their lives get irreparably damaged. "Well he didn't hurt anyone". Bull fucking shit. He was complicit. He ruined lives.
When all sex is shameful, the ethics of consent begin to disappear.
But the church does very little to look inward and curb this behavior because then they'd need to admit that their own theology breeds this mindset. And "we know this stuff is bad, but we all sin" allows them to simultaneously perpetuate this bullshit while at the same time demonizing anyone outside their in-group for "living in sin".
And the fact that evangelicals love trump is all you need to know about their theology. It's shallow. It's performative. And it enables the absolute worst behavior. That is absolutely nothing like Jesus.
"When all sex is shameful, the ethics of consent begin to disappear." THIS PART. Exactly. When you want to disappear consent, make all sex shameful.
I'm really sorry that happened to your family. I'm sorry your mom can't see through the bullshit and perpetuates it. That is so so difficult.
Thanks - I appreciate that. I see her most weekdays since she watches my youngest, but there's a strain for sure. This blew our family apart (this and DJT). Jealous of you that you still have good relationships with your family members!
I am so very lucky
The movie God is Not Dead is a hoot. Kevin Sorbo, a demigod himself, plays a philosophy professor who tries to force his students to sign the statement of non-faith, and then debates the lone faithful student. It turns out that Sorbo hates God!
"Early, accurate, comprehensive education on sex, pleasure, and consent is associated with LOWER rates of sexual abuse perpetration and victimization. Sexually permissive societies have less rape and assault than societies that stigmatize, restrict, and control sex.
Sexual freedom IS safety.
“When something like that happens to you, you feel like the worst person, you feel dirty, worthless,” one alleged survivor told the Guardian.
Whomst might it benefit for a victim to not understand that they were victimized? Whomst might it benefit for survivors to feel dirty and worthless, rather than aggrieved? Whomst might want the people who know what they did to feel too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone what happened to them?"
Then why does the USA, the UK, and Sweden have the highest rape rates in the world, while Russia, Poland, and Belarus have the lowest rape rates in Europe ?
England has 60 million people, and had 78,000 rapes last year
The USA has 330 million People, and 141,000 rapes last year. 39,000 of them were Black men who are 6% of the population, raping White women who are 36% of the Population. thats 27% of all rape in the USA if you can't do math.
Russia, has 155 million people, and had 3,450 rapes last year.
Belarus with 9 million people had less then 3000 rapes
Sweden with 11 million people had 9,000 rapes
France with 60 million people had 32,000 rapes. 3/5ths of them committed by African migrants
Germany with 80 million people had 12,000 rapes, 47% of them committed by foreigners from the middle east and Africa
Sexually permissive societies have more rape then societies with strong gender norms and controls
you are an idiot, and your article is wrong