I had to remind a friend on Minecraft last night that I am asexual and don’t like the body smashing.
They bypassed the chat filter by typing:
into two seperate lines. Then cleared up my confusion and sudden concern by jokingly saying they were “going to send a rapist to my house.”
That’s not even remotely funny. Some reasons why if anyone out there is still confused:
1. This is a game that, albeit I was on at 2am, but other people from the world were on and I’m willing to bet that one was an impressionable child.
2. No rape jokes are funny because they ARE ABOUT rape. Merriam Webster can easily clear up the non-nice definition of rape (one is about farming and seeds, I prefer that definition)
1: unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against a person's will or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception— compare
2: an outrageous violation3: an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force” - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rape Link for proof so no one can shit on me about this.
3. Anything that harms a living being, anything involving freedom stripped from a person under hostile circumstances, is not funny.
4. Its called “Corrective Rape” that is what he was referencing. This is a deplorable [expletives removed] action used against asexuals, people who don’t like sex in general. A thought train that one can be “fixed” through this. When really they were fine before the incident. Its not just asexuals who are victim to this. Other members of the LGBTQIA+ community have been harmed by this disgusting belief in sick people. http://theasexual.com/article/2018/4/1/lauren-york-the-threat-of-sex
5. I have another friend on there who explained to me why the lewd, disgusting conversation between some players in the Minecraft chat, triggered her. She was raped by her father and is pregnant. For the first time ever, I knowingly met a victim of rape and was at a loss of words. If I remember correctly, he is in prison. But you never know what others have experienced. You need to be aware of what you talk about.
6. Again, jokes about rape are not funny. This was my first ever encounter with the threat of correctional rape. I’m not all too happy.
