Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-22-2010

[andrewducker]

• Peptides found which trigger gluten immune reaction in Coeliac Disease
  (tags: health science coeliac)
• UK Gay and lesbian television portrayals criticised
  (tags: tv lgbt society)
• Shapechanging robots to show you how your clothes will fit.
  (tags: fashion body design robot)
• The chairman of the Bar Council is right to say we should consider decriminalising drugs
  (tags: drugs law)
• Porn star Lorelei Lee talks obscenity
  (tags: obscenity freespeech porn)
• Comparing the BBFC and the MPAA, and How Antichrist Illustrates The Differences
  (tags: art censorship uk usa)
• A comic debunking The Moon Hoax
  (tags: comic conspiracy moon)
• Why you shouldn't let a graphic designer decide, well, anything.
  (tags: funny design cat)
• Palestinian Man Is Convicted Of Rape After Lying About Being A Jew
  (tags: rape israel law)
• Ratings Agencies: Don't Use Our Ratings
  (tags: finance law usa)
• Standards produced to allow movement of "bought" video on demand to move transparently between platforms.
  (tags: movies video vod technology)

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I think a lot of the arguments here happen in the interface between "We shouldn't tell people that their experiences of X are invalid" and "We should charge people with the crime of X", where people think that if you do (a) you have to follow it up with (b).

[innerbrat]

Yep.

I have a strong disconnect between the two, and I sometimes run into difficulty when I forget that some people think I consider them the same.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Then you've answered my question below nicely. =)

[andrewducker]

Yeah - I think part of that comes from different implications. I'm generalising somewhat here, but to a man "X is rape" means "I could be charged with rape for doing X", because that's the context in which men and rape tend to be associated. When they hear people opening up new things they hadn't realised they could be charged with rape for, it tends to then trigger a negative reaction.

[innerbrat]

Without wishing to conflate legality with morality again, I don't recommend lying for sex in any case.

I appreciate you're male, and I assume Joe is from the spelling of hir name, but I'm not particularly interested in a conversation about rape from the point of view of people who might be accused of it. My original comment was about victims' experiences.

[andrewducker]

I wouldn't recommend lying to get sex either. I've had it happen to me, and it wasn't pleasant, and didn't end well.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Very true - that's a typical context. Misrepresenting yourself is such a broad thing - if I fib about my salary, does that matter? If I exaggerate my height online, will that be held against me?