Fan Letter to Conservative Politicians from a Rapist

[Julius Skrrvin]

A Fan Letter to Certain Conservative Politicians

Dear certain conservative politicians:
Hi! I’m a rapist. I’m one of those men who likes to force myself on women without their consent or desire and then batter them sexually. The details of how I do this are not particularly important at the moment — although I love when you try to make distinctions about “forcible rape” or “legitimate rape” because that gives me all sorts of wiggle room — but I will tell you one of the details about why I do it: I like to control women and, also and independently, I like to remind them how little control they have. There’s just something about making the point to a woman that her consent and her control of her own body is not relevant against the need for a man to possess that body and control it that just plain gets me off. A guy’s got needs, you know? And my need is for control. Sweet, sweet control.
So I want to take time out of my schedule to thank you for supporting my right to control a woman’s life, not just when I’m raping her, but for all the rest of her life as well.
Ah, I see by your surprised face that you at the very least claim to have no idea what I’m talking about. Well, here’s the thing. Every time you say “I oppose a woman’s right to abortion, even in cases of rape,” what you’re also saying is “I believe that a man who rapes a woman has more of a right to control a woman’s body and life than that woman does.”
Oh, look. That surprised face again. All right, then. On the chance that you’re not giving me that surprised face just for the sake of public appearances, let me explain it to you, because it’s important for me that you know just how much I appreciate everything you’re doing for me.
So, let’s say I’ve raped a woman, as I do, because it’s my thing. I’ve had my fun, reminding that woman where she stands on the whole “being able to control things about her life” thing. But wait! There’s more. Since I didn’t use a condom (maybe I’m confident I can get other people to believe it was consensual, you see, or maybe I just like it that way), one thing has led to another and I’ve gotten this woman pregnant.
Now, remember how I said the thing I really like about raping a woman is the control it gives me over her? Well, getting a woman pregnant is even better. Because long after I’m gone, she still has to deal with me and what I’ve done to her. She has to deal with what’s happening to her body. She has to deal with doctor visits. She has to deal with the choice whether to have an abortion or not — which means she has to deal with everyone in the country, including you, having an opinion about it and giving her crap about it. And if she does have an abortion, she has to deal with all the hassle of that, too, because folks like you, of course, have gone out of your way to make it a hassle, which I appreciate. Thank you.
Every moment of that process, she has to be thinking of me, and how I’ve forced all of this on her — exercised my ability to bend her life away from what it was to what I’ve made of it. Me exercising my control.
I gotta tell you, it feels awesome.
But! You know what would feel even more awesome? The knowledge that, if you get your way and abortion is outlawed even in cases of rape, that my control of her will continue through all the rest of her life.
First, because she’ll have no legal choice about whether to have the baby I put in her — sorry, dearie, you have no control at all! You have to have it! That’s nine months of having your body warp and twist and change because I decided that you needed a little lesson on who’s actually running the show. That’s sweet.
Once the baby’s born, the woman will have to decide whether to keep it. Here’s an interesting fact: Of the women who have gotten pregnant from rape who give birth to that baby, most keep the baby, by a ratio of about five to one. So my ability to change the life of the woman just keeps growing, doesn’t it? From the rape, to the nine months of the pregnancy, to the rest of her life dealing with the child I raped into her. Of course, she could put the kid up for adoption, but that’s its own bundle of issues, isn’t it? And even then, she’s dealing with the choices I made for her, when I exercised my control over her life.
Best of all, I get to do all that without much consequence! Oh, sure, theoretically I can get charged with rape and go to prison for it. But you know what? For every hundred men who rape, only three go to prison. Those are pretty good odds for me, especially since — again! — folks like you like to muddy up the issue saying things like “forcible rape.” Keep doing that! It’s working out great for me.
As for the kid, well, oddly enough, most women I rape want nothing to do with me afterward, so it’s not like I will have to worry about child support or any other sort of responsibility… unless of course I decide that I haven’t taught that woman a big enough lesson about who’s really in control of her life. Did you know that 31 states in this country don’t keep rapists from seeking custody or visitation rights? How great is that? That’s just one more thing she has to worry about — me crawling out of the woodwork to remind her of what I did, and am continuing to do, to her life.
Look how much control you want to give me over that woman! I really can’t thank you enough for it. It warms my heart to know no matter how much I rape, or how many women I impregnate through my non-consensual sexual battery, you have my back, when it comes to reminding every woman I humiliate who is actually the boss of her. It’s me! It’s always been me! You’ll make sure it’ll always be me. You’ll see to that.
I am totally voting for you this election.
Yours,
Just Another Rapist.
P.S.: I love it when you say that you “stand for innocent life” when it comes to denying abortions in cases of rape! It implicitly suggests that the women I rape are in some way complicit in and guilty of the crimes I commit on top of, and inside of, their bodies! Which works out perfectly for me. Keep it up!
No, seriously, keep it up.
– JAR

John Scalzi, goddamn

 

[Koapa]

A Fan Letter to Certain Conservative Politicians




John Scalzi, goddamn

 

[The Real]

Damn, he went in. I've made some very similar arguments on here before, with regard to the control of the man over the woman, and extending his violation of the woman through pregnancy. Once you understand rape as an act of power/control, and one that violates what we consider to be rights, the rest follows logically. Great piece overall.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Damn, he went in. I've made some very similar arguments on here before, with regard to the control of the man over the woman, and extending his violation of the woman through pregnancy. Once you understand rape as an act of power/control, and one that violates what we consider to be rights, the rest follows logically. Great piece overall.

i didnt know about 31/50 states doing the custody thing. shyt is a fukking disgrace, thats horrible.

fukk if its your child, no woman has to go through that

 

[The Real]

i didnt know about 31/50 states doing the custody thing. shyt is a fukking disgrace, thats horrible.

fukk if its your child, no woman has to go through that

Yeah, the stats are terrifying for us. Imagine how they must feel to the actual women in danger.

The custody stuff puts a huge dent in the "Men's Rights" reactionaries' arguments about how much custody battles and visitation cases are biased towards women.

 

[radio rahiem]

nicely done...

 

[TrueEpic08]

A Fan Letter to Certain Conservative Politicians




John Scalzi, goddamn

Not just an excellently written piece, but a necessary piece, that highlights an extreme, extreme example of a supposed truth and axiom about life as a woman in a phallocentric world: Your life is not your own, your body is not your own, you live for the sake of our amusement and as continual, sometimes willful, victims of coercive biopower and anything we afford you is a privilege that can and will be revoked as "civil society" sees fit.

Just fantastic satire. Especially for those who have had to deal with the situation before and know how deeply it affects the women in it.

 

[mastermind]

that was brilliant

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

is this a real rapist?

 

[Pool_Shark]

Is the guy a real rapist?

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

its satire brehs

 

[Serious]

I had to stop 3/4 of the way down.

Interesting though....

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I had to stop 3/4 of the way down.

Interesting though....

its not real

it is kinda tho for sure

 

[Serious]

its not real

it is kinda tho for sure

nah bro, I have some "close" relatives, whom were raped, I doubt that they'd find his sense of humor much more tolerant than mine.

Interestingly enough, I've low key pondered the rationale, behind the in depth psyche of a rapist, honestly had to draw the line somewhere.

Essentially I let, emotion, trump my logic, I probably get a 2nd look at it later.....

 

[TrueEpic08]

nah bro, I have some "close" relatives, whom were raped, I doubt that they'd find his sense of humor much more tolerant than mine.

Interestingly enough, I've low key pondered the rationale, behind the in depth psyche of a rapist, honestly had to draw the line somewhere.

Essentially I let, emotion, trump my logic, I probably get a 2nd look at it later.....

I understand that, man. It gets pretty difficult to read when you've had to help convince a victim to get an abortion post-rape. But it's exactly for that reason, or rather, because these situations occur very commonly and not only does nothing change, but we passively create a culture that promotes such aggression towards women (not to this level, of course, but you understand what I'm getting at) that I'm glad Scalzi wrote this.

But yeah, I can read it because I'm just a stoic guy that understands that it's just satire and can compartmentalize. I'm not so sure I'd be keen on showing this to some women I know, even with how excellent I think it is.