History of Feminism

frivolous, and you have listed some of the pretty serious, and interesting, issues the argument has brought up.

The censorship thing has been the area where I have done most of my posting in threads on this. People are saying that those who object to the book are wrong, or prudish, or evangelical, because they have voiced that opinion. Those calling people these names don't seem to see that they are engaging in more censorious behavior than the people who voiced the objections. So that is one real, important, issue: the complete misunderstanding of censorship, and the complete lack of self-awareness many posters have when faced with an opinion they don't share, while they are crying "freedom of expression!"

Another huge issue is that of rape culture. If it were ever possible to have a rational discussion about this without the guys who need to call people names and pout about "moralizing" while they are, themselves, moralizing, this book could be a jumping off point for that discussion. Clearly this book tells us a lot about our rape culture. However, there is no way to have that discussion here. Because, you know, we're all prudes. It's a shame, really.

I think you are on to something, though, when you point out that the violence of the defense has something to do with guilt.