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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 21 Mar 2014

    It’s Time to End ‘Rape Culture’ Hysteria | http://goo.gl/lWffXq  See also the priceless article by Heather MacDonaldhttp://goo.gl/dDvaR 

    7:14 PM - 21 Mar 2014
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      2. Lora Kolodny‏Verified account @lorakolodny 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Would love it if you could offer further comment. I think many are construing your tweet as endorsement of that columnist's POV.

        3 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Allum Bokhari ❌‏Verified account @LibertarianBlue 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @lorakolodny

        @lorakolodny why wouldn't it be? I'm sure an academic like @sapinker can recognize inflated statistics. Media seems to be catching on too.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Lora Kolodny‏Verified account @lorakolodny 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @LibertarianBlue

        @LibertarianBlue @sapinker rape is probably under reported actually-- rape of men in prison system for example not counted in crime stats.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Allum Bokhari ❌‏Verified account @LibertarianBlue 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @lorakolodny

        @lorakolodny Many crimes are under reported. That doesn't mean you can come up with nonsense like the "1 in 4" statistic. @sapinker

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      6. Lora Kolodny‏Verified account @lorakolodny 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @LibertarianBlue

        @LibertarianBlue @sapinker and certainly no "rape culture" at Princeton (etc.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/03/06/wishing-rape-on-campus-away-wont-make-it-so/ … ok done helping you get informed.

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      7. Allum Bokhari ❌‏Verified account @LibertarianBlue 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @lorakolodny

        @lorakolodny @sapinker another junk "study" with facepalmingly flawed methodology (http://bit.ly/1gJJ7OI ) and 3 isolated cases? Really?

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      1. Lemon whore‏ @PaullyOo 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker yeah, because what happened in Steubenville and how it was covered is not rape culture AT ALL

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      1. Lindsay BeyerSCREAM  🎃‏ @Beyerstein 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ironically, 2 out of 3 of RAINN's tactics combat rape culture: bystander intervention & education about consent. @sapinker

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      1. Casey Artner‏ @ArtnerC 22 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker This is fairly disappointing to read. Even if culture doesn't cause rape, it ABSOLUTELY prevents justice for victims.

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      1. Johnny Microservices‏ @Garnavis 22 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker "there's no rape culture because rape is illegal" is compete bullshit

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      1. Rebarbative‏ @Genuflectional 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Not a word about teaching men not to rape. But a whole lot about controlling women's behavior!

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      2. Wendy‏ @AtlanticCanuck 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Unfuckingreal. It’s like reading articles by climate change deniers. #Misogyny

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      3. John Smith‏ @LiquideousSnake 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @AtlanticCanuck

        @AtlanticCanuck Unfortunately that is because you have been brainwashed by feminist theory.

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      4. Wendy‏ @AtlanticCanuck 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @LiquideousSnake

        @LiquideousSnake I’ve been brainwashed by NOTHING. I’m a woman and live in the real world and I’m not a fucking moron! I’VE LIVED IT JERK!

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      2. Fia Winters‏ @FiaWinters 22 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Sexual assault happens daily to many high school girls. They don't report it. It's easier to accept it. Is that not rape culture?

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      1. Jessica Renee Dawson‏ @live_the_light Sep 4
        Replying to @sapinker

        Mr. Pinker, Rape Culture, is indicative where violent sexual acts start - in the mind. Similarly, David Livingstone Smith, asserts that Dehumanization starts in the mind (e.g. racism, otherism) not always leading to violent acts - yet resulting in many (e.g. slavery, lynchings).

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      1. PlanDurgence‏ @PlanDurgence 9 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Ok, now I don't feel bad about making fun of you.

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      1. Herb Hunter‏ @HerbHunterJr 26 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Reading Mac Donald’s position on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, among other troubling positions, I question her credibility.

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