Abstinence Counselor Rapes Girl
I’m sure the irony escapes him.
In my YMY essay, Towards A Performance Model of Sex, I said that pro-abstinence moralism and patriarchal objectification are simply two sides of the same coin, both proceeding from the notion that a woman’s sexuality is a commodity. I think this rapist is that belief system made manifest. What he’s done is in a sense hypocrisy, but there is a core consistency. He’s urging young women to say no. He’ll keep telling them to say no, while he sexually molests them. He may even see nothing wrong with his behavior (commodity model thinking, though, is that he’s committed basically a property crime by taking something — not her autonomy or human rights, but her “virtue” — and in the most patriarchal incarnations, taken something from her father or future husband — pardon my while I scrub my brain); and he is probably very upset by any woman’s display of actual sexual agency.
Say no; get raped. As long as women have no voice in how their bodies are sexual, he’s happy.
h/t Abyss2hope in comments here.
May 15, 2009 at 9:55 am
[...] learned of this story through Thomas, who argues that the rape in this case is consistent with the teachings of the abstinence [...]
May 20, 2009 at 1:30 am
This disturbs me. I realize and agree with the post in the sense of women’s sexuality being viewed as a commodity. But really! This to me is right up there with other abuses of power, like teachers and pastors, only the sense of irony is incredible. It would be like a rape self-defense instructor raping one of his students/clients. What the hell?