—> I’ve edited this down and included links to things I thought
might benefit from sources, feel free to click through for the
full post.     This post, in particular, is addressed to men. By
nature of gender disparity, men are in a unique position to be
taken seriously when they raise objections to casual language
and humor regarding rape. Men are in a unique position to prove
to rapists that not all men take rape lightly.  I get it—you’re
a decent guy. You would NEVER rape anybody. Rape jokes have
never made YOU go out and rape someone. They never would; they
never could. You just don’t see how it matters.  Here is why I
refuse to take rape jokes sitting down…     If 1 one in 20 guys
is a rapist, and you have any amount of social activity with
other guys like yourself, then it is almost a statistical
certainty that you’ve hung out with a rapist. It’s not like they
announce themselves. But, it’s very likely that in some of these
interactions someone told a rape joke. You, decent guy that you
are, understood