Social Media

Anytime someone tries to downplay the pervasiveness of misogynistic thoughts and beliefs that plague American society, just point them to social media. Facebook, twitter, and blogging have given the masses places to voice their every opinion. Including opinions that promote the violent crimes of sexual and domestic assault.

Facebook has multiple pages geared towards such things. Pages that spew hatred towards women, and invite rape and violence. Pages like earlier mentioned "Riding your Girlfriend Softly Cause you Don't Want to Wake Her Up," "Feeling bad after hitting your mom cause you thought it was your girlfriend," and "What's easier than raping a girl? Raping a dead girl."

Some choice comments:

Hayden Noel: Its not rape if they dont say no ;)
Ian Wood: It's not rape if it's a muffled "no" !!
Tobi Remnant: Just gag them so they can't say no.
Jamie Do-rag: i raped my girlfriend. She wasnt asleep or anything. Just refused to make me a sandwich

Actual admissions of committing a violent crime on facebook, and the social media giant turns a blind eye. And then there's twitter:

The Funny Sexist. This guy is really just hilarious.
"4 out of 5 women suffer domestic abuse during their life time. That means only 20% of women know when to speak. #YouNeedToShutUp"

ProSexTips: The main difference between computers and women is you can't rape your computer when its in sleep mode.

LondonKeyes: Rape! It's really just surprise sex :)

It's everywhere. Yes, these people are "joking," and no I don't honestly believe they believe what they're saying. But I fail to see the humor in advocating a violent crime which affects 25% of college aged women. Why does Facebook believe that a page where people claim they have raped their girlfriends (some even say by drugging them) is just offensive humor, instead of the hate filled illegal activity that it is?

How can people still believe that a feminist movement is unnecessary when the internet is filled with proof of the gender imbalance? For as along as people talk about raping and hitting women without thought to the profound effect these crimes have on society, then the feminist movement is not over.

The real issue is not each individual group, person, comment, or tweet.

But why aren't more people outraged by this?