Star Trek endorses Rape Culture
(TW: Rape Culture, objectification, enslaving women)

Hey everybody? You know what Star Trek needs? More objectification and exploitation of women! But we'll make them *green*, and alien so that it differentiates them from Earth women. That'll throw off the feminist hordes!

What am I talking about?

Why, Official Star Trek Fratboy shirts featuring the words "ORION SLAVES GONE WILD" on a t-shirt specifically being marketed to Frat Boys for Spring Break.

I wish I was kidding. I *so* wish I was kidding. I think what hurts the most about this is this is Star Trek. Ostensibly, it's supposed to be inclusive.

Bonus: These shirts were advertised on the official Star Trek Facebook page! No warning, no words, just a trigger out of the friggin' blue, with a heapin' help of "Get back in the kitchen" jokes for any women that complained about it in the comment thread.

ETA: http://www.facebook.com/StarTrek/posts/194446503919172

- I get threatened to be whipped.
- One guy threatened to show me what it was like to *not* survive a rape, but thankfully that was taken down. You see the fallout of that comment later.

Why is it when someone merely *mentions* that something might be exploitative or offensive in a firm tone that challenges the status quo, the death threats and the rage!posting occurs? It's like fucking clockwork.

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chikane
2011-03-10 07:26 am UTC (link)

That's the thing: They may do it for trolling, but that doesn't make it any better. In fact, it makes it worse:

It shows that this guy is drowning in misogyny so much that he thinks death threats and rape threats are just a way to mock people. Complete and utter lack of empathy there that simply makes it stop mattering if he "believes every word he says" or "is just trolling".

End result is exactly the same.

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	alexielnet 2011-03-10 07:56 am UTC (link)
	That is such an excellent point and it was very eloquently made. This person's behavior is disgusting. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	littleshebear 2011-03-10 09:32 am UTC (link)
	That's a very good point. It doesn't matter if you're "just joking," you're still contributing to the overall culture of fear. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2011-03-10 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	"The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest, but the frogs die in earnest." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sadisticferret 2011-03-10 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	That is an awesome quote. May I ask where it's from, so that I can attribute it properly when I use it? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2011-03-10 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	It's in The Female Man by Joanna Russ, but I don't know if it's hers or she was quoting someone else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jat_sapphire 2011-03-11 02:54 am UTC (link)
	It's a summary ofan Aesop's fable, I don't know by whom. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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