Article: Charlize Theron rape comment sparks outrage

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron sparked a flurry of criticism on Friday after she compared media intrusion into her life to rape.

The South African-born star, who was in Britain to promote her new film "A Million Ways To Die In The West", made the comments when she was asked by a Sky News interviewer if she ever entered her name in a search engine.
 
Is she wrong? The level of intrusion that celebrities experience in their private lives would make most people feel intimately violated--nude/seedy pictures of them on the internet, pictures of their children, private moments that shouldn't be in the public domain, etc.

Isn't rape essentially a feeling of helplessness at something deeply personal being taken from you without your consent?

If so, I think her description is 100% accurate.
 
Lycanthrope said:
Is she wrong? The level of intrusion that celebrities experience in their private lives would make most people feel intimately violated--nude/seedy pictures of them on the internet, pictures of their children, private moments that shouldn't be in the public domain, etc.

Isn't rape essentially a feeling of helplessness at something deeply personal being taken from you without your consent?

If so, I think her description is 100% accurate.
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it comes with the life choice of being a celebrity/ actress.
 
I guess she was just trying to express the feeling of the media interfering with her life. Sadly, we got many people who take the smallest things so serious...making **** hit the fan, when its not needed.

Falco said:
People must fekking chill...
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Lycanthrope said:
Is she wrong? The level of intrusion that celebrities experience in their private lives would make most people feel intimately violated--nude/seedy pictures of them on the internet, pictures of their children, private moments that shouldn't be in the public domain, etc.

Isn't rape essentially a feeling of helplessness at something deeply personal being taken from you without your consent?

If so, I think her description is 100% accurate.
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+1 to the above
 
Lycanthrope said:
Is she wrong? The level of intrusion that celebrities experience in their private lives would make most people feel intimately violated--nude/seedy pictures of them on the internet, pictures of their children, private moments that shouldn't be in the public domain, etc.

Isn't rape essentially a feeling of helplessness at something deeply personal being taken from you without your consent?

If so, I think her description is 100% accurate.
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I am sorry, but what she has experienced is not like rape.
Rape is the act of being forcefully penetrated or being forced to penetrate.
Stop being like every bloody feminist out there that tries to make rape the go to word when a woman feels a little unhappy. Unless someone is forced to have sex then it is not rape.
 
Lycanthrope said:
Is she wrong? The level of intrusion that celebrities experience in their private lives would make most people feel intimately violated--nude/seedy pictures of them on the internet, pictures of their children, private moments that shouldn't be in the public domain, etc.

Isn't rape essentially a feeling of helplessness at something deeply personal being taken from you without your consent?

If so, I think her description is 100% accurate.
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Yes, she is extremely ****ing wrong.

Rape is a serious and incredibly horrific crime.

Having people talk about you, when your whole life consists of being paid beyond the dreams of avarice TO BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE, is a very, very minor inconvenience at best. People like her and feminists are demeaning actual victims of a serious attack by trying to compare their puny problems to actual physical and emotional trauma.

It's like if I took my car to the car wash and someone stole a rand from the ashtray. Yes it's poor form but if I go pretend that it's the same as someone being murdered, because we "both had something taken from us", my rand and his life, you'd think I was a dick, and rightly so. Why defend her?

Her description is at least 99% hyperbole.
 
The word rape can also be used as a metaphor, and that is how she used it.
Nothing wrong with that.
Namby Pamby whiners need to get over themselves.
 
TJ99 said:
Yes, she is extremely ****ing wrong.

Rape is a serious and incredibly horrific crime.

Having people talk about you, when your whole life consists of being paid beyond the dreams of avarice TO BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE, is a very, very minor inconvenience at best. People like her and feminists are demeaning actual victims of a serious attack by trying to compare their puny problems to actual physical and emotional trauma.

It's like if I took my car to the car wash and someone stole a rand from the ashtray. Yes it's poor form but if I go pretend that it's the same as someone being murdered, because we "both had something taken from us", my rand and his life, you'd think I was a dick, and rightly so. Why defend her?

Her description is at least 99% hyperbole.
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killerbyte said:
No it cant be used as a metaphor. Like murder and fraud cant be used as a metaphor.
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killerbyte said:
No it cant be used as a metaphor. Like murder and fraud cant be used as a metaphor.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rape

rape1 [reyp] Show IPA
noun
1.
the unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse.
2.
any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.
3.
statutory rape.
4.
an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.
5.
Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
verb (used with object), raped, rap·ing.
6.
to force to have sexual intercourse.
7.
to plunder (a place); despoil.
8.
to seize, take, or carry off by force.
verb (used without object), raped, rap·ing.
9.
to commit rape.
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rape?q=rape

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]
1The crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will:
he denied two charges of rape
[COUNT NOUN]: he had committed at least two rapes
[AS MODIFIER]: a rape victim
SYNONYMS
1.1 • archaic The abduction of a woman, especially for the purpose of having sexual intercourse with her:
the Rape of the Sabine Women
SYNONYMS
2The wanton destruction or spoiling of a place:
the rape of the countryside

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
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1(Typically of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will:
the woman was raped at knifepoint
[NO OBJECT]: he pleaded not guilty to burglary with intent to rape
SYNONYMS
2Spoil or destroy (a place):
timber men doubt the government’s ability to ensure the forests are not raped
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You better take that up with the entire English language.

And while you're at it:

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Might want to rename rapeseed as well.
 
Customers have been raped by Vodacom for years....Oops, sorry!
 
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