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Jian and the way Rape is discussed

It could also be that the term "rape culture" normalizes and trivializes the violence, to use the columnist's words. The term conflates cases and issues, creating the idea that we are all complicit in any given violence or rape. Jian for example sounds very twisted and sadistic, but the discussion of the case and his firing very quickly swung away from specifics about consent as a non-issue in fetish acts (can't consent to a spanking, let alone whips) and became a town hall on anything but. It became personality over principle. Should those fetish BDSM activities be folded into consensual sex (as it was assumed to be) or should there be more of a stigma and education about the law. I was watching Nymphomaniac pt. 1 by Lars Von Trier last night and I thought I bet this flick draws haters on-line. Some people feel a need to go through abuse. Maybe the climate is so charged with banner terms like "rape culture" that intelligent discourse swings from Charlie Rose to Jerry Springer. Many media personalities are charming yet manipulative and use or abuse people. Maybe it isn't particular to Jian. As a side note, one obscure comic videotaped with a cell phone (likely a friend of the comic) brings down Bill Cosby eight years after he settled allegations -- and we would be painted as monsters if we dare to make the point that we don't know what happened and that any rich household name likely gets many extortion bids we don't hear about. The punishment has happened. And the branding will be on Google indefinitely. Even if vindicated later. It is usually enough to accuse. And a victim could also skip the cops and tell a violent friend. As it is, the villagers are lighting their torches. Rule of law is barely a factor. Make no mistake - if we are talking about RAPE, it is on a par with murder. But rape culture is an umbrella I think will cause more angry debate than anything constructive.