But anyways that's not what this blog is about. With finals week comes stress, anxiety and people constantly updating each other about how they think they did. I constantly hear people saying:
"I raped that final"
"That final raped me"
"That final raped me"
and it makes me uncomfortable. Aaron from casa came up to me and told me that...when I asked him why he said that he said because the exam was super easy and he think he did really well. I told him the word rape is really extreme and I find it inappropriate to use. To which he responded that it's socially acceptable. I turned to Juan to get some support and Juan agreed with Aaron. I asked why and Juan said "Well rape is something really powerful and he felt he commanded the test." Juan then continued to say that me telling Aaron that some people would find that word inappropriate and he shouldn't use it is fascist. To which I replied that "I'm not forcing Aaron to not say the word. I'm simply educating him so that he understands that words can hurt and he should be aware of that. 1 in 4 women in college are raped and that means that at least 10 of the girls in this building will face it at some time."
Aaron said (dripping with sarcasm) "What if I said I killed or murdered the test? Would that be more appropriate?"
I said "Possibly."
Juan said (skeptically) "So taking someone's life is better than rape?"
I said "To some people, yes. They'd rather have been killed."
Juan said "There's no way that's true."
The basketball game was on and someone dunked. Aaron said "WHOA! That guy totally raped the basketball! *smirks* nahh Karina I'm just pushing your buttons because you're making such a big deal about this and getting all heated up."
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All I'm saying to everyone and anyone reading this....choose your words carefully! Saying "I raped that final" is just as bad as saying "That's retarded" or "That's gay" because you don't know what someone is going through or has gone through. Be careful because you may be hurting someone unintentionally because you don't know his/her history....
That's freedumb of speech for you...
Aaron said (dripping with sarcasm) "What if I said I killed or murdered the test? Would that be more appropriate?"
I said "Possibly."
Juan said (skeptically) "So taking someone's life is better than rape?"
I said "To some people, yes. They'd rather have been killed."
Juan said "There's no way that's true."
The basketball game was on and someone dunked. Aaron said "WHOA! That guy totally raped the basketball! *smirks* nahh Karina I'm just pushing your buttons because you're making such a big deal about this and getting all heated up."
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All I'm saying to everyone and anyone reading this....choose your words carefully! Saying "I raped that final" is just as bad as saying "That's retarded" or "That's gay" because you don't know what someone is going through or has gone through. Be careful because you may be hurting someone unintentionally because you don't know his/her history....
That's freedumb of speech for you...
1 comment:
Fully agree, love. I'm still learning to stop saying such things as well. Thanks to youuu.
<3,
bf.
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