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		<title>Comment on Hollaback to catcalls by Putu</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/05/01/hollaback-to-catcalls/comment-page-1/#comment-1809</link>
		<dc:creator>Putu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not allowed to use the word r a p e in this comment...

R_ape culture is diminishing the gravity of any sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, or culture of actual or potential coercion in any way.

R_ape culture is people objecting to the sexual assault being called oversensitive, rather than people who perpetuate the r_ape culture being regarded as not sensitive enough.

R_ape culture is the objectification of women, which is part of a dehumanizing process that renders consent irrelevant. R_ape culture is treating women&#039;s bodies like public property. R_ape culture is street harassment and groping on public transportation and equating women&#039;s bodies to a man walking around with valuables hanging out of his pockets.

Street harassment is usually not a product of socially awkward men trying to meet women on the street. It is aggression and disrespect that leaves people feeling vulnerable. I don&#039;t want to be picked up on the street, I don&#039;t want to be &quot;appreciated&quot; on the street, I don&#039;t want to be eye-fu_cked. It does not make me feel pretty, and I am not smiling shyly when I walk away. I am uncomfortable, I feel singled out, and it makes me feel like mutilating the aggressor for a long time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not allowed to use the word r a p e in this comment&#8230;</p>
<p>R_ape culture is diminishing the gravity of any sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, or culture of actual or potential coercion in any way.</p>
<p>R_ape culture is people objecting to the sexual assault being called oversensitive, rather than people who perpetuate the r_ape culture being regarded as not sensitive enough.</p>
<p>R_ape culture is the objectification of women, which is part of a dehumanizing process that renders consent irrelevant. R_ape culture is treating women&#8217;s bodies like public property. R_ape culture is street harassment and groping on public transportation and equating women&#8217;s bodies to a man walking around with valuables hanging out of his pockets.</p>
<p>Street harassment is usually not a product of socially awkward men trying to meet women on the street. It is aggression and disrespect that leaves people feeling vulnerable. I don&#8217;t want to be picked up on the street, I don&#8217;t want to be &#8220;appreciated&#8221; on the street, I don&#8217;t want to be eye-fu_cked. It does not make me feel pretty, and I am not smiling shyly when I walk away. I am uncomfortable, I feel singled out, and it makes me feel like mutilating the aggressor for a long time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Hollaback to catcalls by june</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/05/01/hollaback-to-catcalls/comment-page-1/#comment-1807</link>
		<dc:creator>june</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The way street harassment is described by this author, I would think she was describing raaaaaaappppppeeee.

Over-sensitivity and catastrophizing seem to play a huge role in &quot;street harassment.&quot; Women are &quot;creeped&quot; out by just about everything, so I imagine socially awkward lonely men falling prey to street harassment hysteria and legislation.

If legislated, I would imagine many men being arrested for just attempting to meet a woman on the street, even if they&#039;re not call calling, whistling, or doing any of the hundred thousand behaviors defined as street harassment.

Men have the burden of picking women up because women won&#039;t do it, and street harassment hysteria will without a doubt increase E-harmony&#039;s subscribers.

Any type of legislation that would proscribe street harassment would be equivocal and allow the subjective over-sensitive catropshizing nature of the &quot;victim&quot; which is generally female to act as high court. 

Street harassment hysteria is very popular with misandrists, radical feminists, and liberals. Generally the ruffians who make up this group despise the constitution as this document was created by men, so I imagine the first amendment being totally disregarded in street harassment legislation. This malignant group is the impetus of street harassment hysteria, and maliciously re-frames a lot of innocuous behaviors as baleful to target, imprison, and disenfranchise men who are seen as a privileged class that must be subverted.

If her highness says it is street harassment, then so it is. If she says blue is red, then so it is. If she says 2 + 2 is 5, then it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The way street harassment is described by this author, I would think she was describing raaaaaaappppppeeee.</p>
<p>Over-sensitivity and catastrophizing seem to play a huge role in &#8220;street harassment.&#8221; Women are &#8220;creeped&#8221; out by just about everything, so I imagine socially awkward lonely men falling prey to street harassment hysteria and legislation.</p>
<p>If legislated, I would imagine many men being arrested for just attempting to meet a woman on the street, even if they&#8217;re not call calling, whistling, or doing any of the hundred thousand behaviors defined as street harassment.</p>
<p>Men have the burden of picking women up because women won&#8217;t do it, and street harassment hysteria will without a doubt increase E-harmony&#8217;s subscribers.</p>
<p>Any type of legislation that would proscribe street harassment would be equivocal and allow the subjective over-sensitive catropshizing nature of the &#8220;victim&#8221; which is generally female to act as high court. </p>
<p>Street harassment hysteria is very popular with misandrists, radical feminists, and liberals. Generally the ruffians who make up this group despise the constitution as this document was created by men, so I imagine the first amendment being totally disregarded in street harassment legislation. This malignant group is the impetus of street harassment hysteria, and maliciously re-frames a lot of innocuous behaviors as baleful to target, imprison, and disenfranchise men who are seen as a privileged class that must be subverted.</p>
<p>If her highness says it is street harassment, then so it is. If she says blue is red, then so it is. If she says 2 + 2 is 5, then it is.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Das prank by Jon Foote</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/05/04/das-prank/comment-page-1/#comment-1805</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon Foote</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 04:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And an even earlier &quot;prank,&quot; Engineering students welded a red VW around a tree in front of Frank H. T. Rhodes&#039; office (with permission, naturally!)
What are the chances it&#039;s the same VW?

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&amp;dat=19820213&amp;id=lNohAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=tJ8FAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=4548,6751598</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And an even earlier &#8220;prank,&#8221; Engineering students welded a red VW around a tree in front of Frank H. T. Rhodes&#8217; office (with permission, naturally!)<br />
What are the chances it&#8217;s the same VW?</p>
<p><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&#038;dat=19820213&#038;id=lNohAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=tJ8FAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=4548,6751598" rel="nofollow">http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&#038;dat=19820213&#038;id=lNohAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=tJ8FAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=4548,6751598</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cornell on the Titanic by Jason Moore</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/04/16/cornell-on-the-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-1790</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, my dad is a Cornell alum and I currently work at Cornell, myself, so here are a couple of more Cornell connections to the Titanic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, my dad is a Cornell alum and I currently work at Cornell, myself, so here are a couple of more Cornell connections to the Titanic.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cornell on the Titanic by Jason Moore</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/04/16/cornell-on-the-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-1789</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My great-grandfather was chief steward of the officer&#039;s club that served the crew of the Titanic. He wrote a letter to his brother in Portrush, Northern Ireland about some of the stories he heard from his officer friends about that fateful night. My dad shares the letter on his website: http://danmoore.com/the-portrush-letter/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My great-grandfather was chief steward of the officer&#8217;s club that served the crew of the Titanic. He wrote a letter to his brother in Portrush, Northern Ireland about some of the stories he heard from his officer friends about that fateful night. My dad shares the letter on his website: <a href="http://danmoore.com/the-portrush-letter/" rel="nofollow">http://danmoore.com/the-portrush-letter/</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Princeton Review ranks CU by Kurt Henninger</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2010/08/05/princeton-review-ranks-cu/comment-page-1/#comment-1766</link>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Henninger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its good to see the old alma matter in the top list of best college campuses.  I had completely forgotten how nice the Cornell campus was until I started visiting other campuses.

RPU is simply the best dining experience anywhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its good to see the old alma matter in the top list of best college campuses.  I had completely forgotten how nice the Cornell campus was until I started visiting other campuses.</p>
<p>RPU is simply the best dining experience anywhere.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sandra&#8217;s strength by Joshua Kraus</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/03/06/sandras-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-1754</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Kraus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sorry for the misspelling of testimony</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sorry for the misspelling of testimony</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sandra&#8217;s strength by Joshua Kraus</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/03/06/sandras-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-1753</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Kraus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is Sandra&#039;s testimoney.   Don&#039;t see where she spoke about her sexual history? 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/boxofficebuz/transcript-of-testimony-by-sandra-fluke-48z2</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is Sandra&#8217;s testimoney.   Don&#8217;t see where she spoke about her sexual history?<br />
<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/boxofficebuz/transcript-of-testimony-by-sandra-fluke-48z2" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzzfeed.com/boxofficebuz/transcript-of-testimony-by-sandra-fluke-48z2</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Sandra&#8217;s strength by mark kelbaugh</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/03/06/sandras-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-1750</link>
		<dc:creator>mark kelbaugh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am embarrassed that representatives of my school would see Miss Fluke as a hero. She should be ashamed of herself for sharing her sexual history before the nation. Is there such thing as modesty? I am more offended by her testimony than anything Rush Limbaugh said.

If Miss Fluke wants to use birth control, she should pay for it herself!!! If she can afford to attend a $60k per year law school, she can afford birth control - the rest of us should not have to pay for her behavior.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am embarrassed that representatives of my school would see Miss Fluke as a hero. She should be ashamed of herself for sharing her sexual history before the nation. Is there such thing as modesty? I am more offended by her testimony than anything Rush Limbaugh said.</p>
<p>If Miss Fluke wants to use birth control, she should pay for it herself!!! If she can afford to attend a $60k per year law school, she can afford birth control &#8211; the rest of us should not have to pay for her behavior.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Fragile beauty by Francoise Nieto-Fong</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cornell.edu/theessentials/2012/02/20/fragile-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-1749</link>
		<dc:creator>Francoise Nieto-Fong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a documentary producer in LA, I have worked in development and distribution for the past 10 years. I am interested in your project. Let me know if I can be of help.
Francoise Nieto-Fong SHA 92
francoise@laproductora.tv</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a documentary producer in LA, I have worked in development and distribution for the past 10 years. I am interested in your project. Let me know if I can be of help.<br />
Francoise Nieto-Fong SHA 92<br />
<a href="mailto:francoise@laproductora.tv">francoise@laproductora.tv</a></p>
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