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In the school of rape culture, these are the things we learn. That for women behaving exactly as they like, with no regard for the ‘consequences’ of their actions, rape isn’t a violation but a lesson. For men, even those who participate in group bonding sessions involving unconscious women, digital imagery and cocky boasting, the lesson is limited to understanding (under threat of imprisonment) that their choice to rape was nothing more than a ‘mistake’. In both examples, rape is treated as something cautionary and transformative rather than violent and visceral.
— Clementine Ford being incisive and depressing on the Steubenville verdict
![Jay DeFeo, “Last Valentine” (1989). Oil on linen, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm). Private collection. (© 2012 The Jay DeFeo Trust / Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York; photo by Ben Blackwell)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c88462e4e2ed6d4dd02b3b0775f4749d/tumblr_mgaihpKObi1qzylzzo1_400.jpg)
