Tag Archives: Rape

’tis the season for…

…oh my…

Bloomingdale's Apologizes for Maybe Encouraging You to Date Rape Your Friend

The above is an actual, honest to goodness ad for Bloomingdale’s.  This is not “new” news, just new to me and I found the article (originally posted on 11/15/15) at Jezebel.  The headline alone tells you everything you need to know about this very wrong very bad ad:

Bloomingdale’s Apologizes For Maybe Encouraging You To Date Rape Your Friend

Speaking of the sordid topic of rape (and also found on Jezebel)…

Porn Star Stoya Accuses Her Ex-Boyfriend James Deen of Rape

followed by…

Porn Star James Deen Vehemently Denies Ex-Girlfriend Stoya’s Date Rape Claim

I’m certain there are those who will read this and say/think somehing to the effect of “Well, they’re Porn Stars!  Their career is screwing!  Given those circumstances, how can anyone in the industry accuse anyone else within it of rape?!”

Which leads me back to the last post I wrote before the whole Thanksgiving holiday hell (the reason, by the way, I haven’t posted from that point until now has nothing to do with me “enjoying” the holidays.  Unless, of course, your idea of “enjoying” the holidays entails working longer hours and much harder than before because several people chose to enjoy their holidays and left you severely short staffed):

I’m referring to the frightening sexual/physical assault against porn star Christy Mack by MMA fighter “War Machine” aka Jonathan Koppenhaver (you can read about that here).

The fact is that regardless of your profession, even if it involves sexual performance before a camera, your “real” life is a whole other matter.  Though Mr. Deen isn’t accused of the life-threatening physical beating Mr. Koppenhaver allegedly delivered to Ms. Mack, rape nonetheless is a heinous act and it should -it seems too obvious- not be tolerated.  It seems too obvious to say that in any relationship, one should respect one’s significant other.