"Rape Poem To End All Rape Poems" by Rutgers University
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- "Rape Poem To End All Rape Poems" by the Rutgers University slam team. Poets: Justice Hehir, Lindsey Michelle Williams, Kate Thomas, and Lillie Hannon.
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All poetry posted with permission. Video by Lindsey Michelle.
TRANSCRIPT:
A: We were in his room after the party,
The lights dim.
A few drinks in and everything was warm,
and smoothed over.
Then this moment was quickly punctured
With supposedly sweet whispers that felt like barbed wire:
B: "Trust me,"
C: "come on,"
D: "Don't you love me?"
A: His hands pushed me back.
ALL: WARNING!
C: It's that time again.
D: Time for another...
ALL: "Rape poem".
A: The audience sighs, shifts back in their seats.
B: "Oh boy," you say, "these bitches are about to go off!"
C: Off about "rape" and "pain"
A: and "no."
D: I said "no"
ALL: "he didn't listen"
D: And you ask, why another rape poem?
ALL: Didn't I just hear, like, three of these?
A: Yes. You probably did.
B: Unsurprising in a country where
someone is sexually assaulted every two minutes.
C: What's surprising is the shit
people get for telling their stories,
They are all lumped into one category-
ALL: "Rape poem"
D: As if trauma is a trope
A: Violation a cliche
B: All the while everyone is rolling their eyes and asking
C: Why so many damn rape poems?
D: We wouldn't need so many damn "rape poems" if America had
ALL: listened the first time.
A: These poems are our prayers
to beat the fucking odds in this country
of apple pie and roofies.
B: We wouldn't need so many damn rape poems
if our bodies were ours' alone.
C: We wouldn't need so many damn rape poems
if everyone abided by what "no" meant
D: We wouldn't need so many damn rape poems
if Budweiser stopped selling our bodies stretched across a six-pack
A: And maybe we wouldn't need so many damn rape poems if everyone would
ALL: listen to this one.
B: But it seems to us these lessons are yet to be learned
C: Don't tell me she was sober enough to make a decision.
D: Don't tell me she was asking for it.
B: Don't tell me to pity him for facing consequences.
C: You complain about another "rape poem"
D: But this is all part of a culture.
ALL: The "rape poems" will continue
A: Until I can wear whatever the fuck I want and not be called a slut!
B: Until I can trust my drink to someone at a party when I need to take a piss!
C: Until I can walk alone on dark streets without being catcalled!
D: "Who's your daddy"
A: "get back over here"
B: "Ow ow"
C: "Damn, look at that ass"
D: Until I can wear heels without being asked who I'm trying to impress!
A: Until my voice speaks louder than my outfit!
B: Until I'm not expected to carry pepper spray on my keychain!
C: Until no really means
ALL: NO!
D: Until rape means crime!
ALL: Until woman means human!
A: The rape poems will continue
until there's no damn material left. - Hudba
"The rape poems will continue until there's no damn material left." That ending was fantastic
Yes it was
I read this when she said it
We wouldn't need so many damn rape poems if there weren't so many damn rapes.
guydecervens Stop equating rape to drunk sex.
Qualitea_
I'm not the one equating rape to drunk sex. You are equating drunk sex to rape.
guydecervens Hey pal. Fuck off
guydecervens honestly fuck off jesus christ
Mimi Pinson
That's a bit of a childish response, now isn't it?
So many people in the comments saying that they're calling all men rapists???? No they're not they're saying rape needs to stop. Wtf how hard is that concept to understand
+Tara Fabulous rape needs to stop and all men are rapists this is why we should be teaching our men not to rape and not teaching our women anything. Yes that actually happened, maybe not on this video, but through Feminist propaganda which this seems to mirror and quite closely at that.
+Tara Fabulous exactly!!! stop jumping the gun and listen to what they are saying.
+Tara Fabulous i scrolled down, no one claimed they said all men are rapists.
stop attacking straw men which you made up inside your own head.
rape will never stop, just like murders won't stop ... it's human nature ...
you can't fucking stop human nature
also, saying let's stop rape is redundant ... which normal human being thinks rape is okay?
CeaoS Are u fucking kidding me? It's human nature? Well maybe if we taught men to not fucking rape women instead of teaching women to not get raped then maybe rape wouldn't be so normal!
the fact that people are offended by them saying rape is bad and that no means no shows how whiny and entitled college age men are
@@111Casey EVERYONE can get raped. Not just females. But these happen to be females who have experienced rape and/or sexual assault.
Go ahead and add military men to that list.
dad bitch stop generalizing dumbass. nobody is offended by them saying rape is bad u dumbass. stop being slow and being a dumbass feminazi/ misandrist
Who in the hell is offended by these shits? 😅
Dat2KiddJay but there are people that are you just don’t know them.
If you're a man and all you take away from a poem about rape, rape culture, and rapists is "they're talking about me," you've got one hell of a guilty conscience.
yes you got us. thank you for that. that is like saying, if you yell rape then you just want attention and asked for it. Oh that comment wasnt for you per-say it was meant for the women that do cry wolf when it comes to rape.
She was saying, if you arent a rapist then you shouldnt be upset that they are speaking out against rapist, right?
*****
They are talking from the perspective of the woman as the victim. Cat calls? Being afraid of wearing the wrong clothes? These are issues that obviously are attributed to problems women face, not men. So naturally the rapists must either be men or lesbians. Thats why the poem is obviously singling out men (or lesbians) as they don't mention anything which could be taken from a males prospective.
Its a very sexist poem and they don't even have a man up there with them. If guys did the same it would be very sexist, whats with the double standard?
*****
Yes thank you for your support. Finally someone who understands.
bulbinking
I have a hundred dollars that says that went Waaaaaaaay over her head. I see what you did there,nice :)
Thank you all! On behalf of all four of us, our poetry coach, and our one additional male member, we are overwhelmingly happy with the response to this piece. Thank you thank you for the support!
You young ladies are doing a wonderful job shedding light upon this issue. No woman should ever have to worry about being raped simply because she had a few drinks.
Thank you
Your "poem" is a unpleasant generalization and attack on men. Man-hating has become a national sport in the USA. You guys need to get out more and experience the World before making social commentary about it.
*****
Im getting tired of ppl saying "God bless" as if it actually means something.
If these ladies really did have God's blessings there would be no rape problem.
There would be no rape culture and most of all
The line: "Until woman means human" would have no meaning whatsoever
Because God would have established that men and women are equals..... in GENISIS!!!
But of course not. God did after all create the first woman from the rib of a man.
'Though shall not covet your neighbour's wife.' Why didn't god say anything about coveting your neigbours husband?
Saying "God bless" in a feminist poem is a slap in the face from patriarchy.
God is, after all, the omnipotent father that created a world (and a son) without a wife.
This poem is amazing. There's no words to describe it. :)
William Lawrence
first of all William, people generally tend to speak, read, write, from their own way of thinking. "God" in the way you refer to "Him" also gave people the right to free choice. And we, women, men, trans-folk of whatever variety, the multi-genderd. Regardless of your view of God. And while "God the Father" created a (and it's interesting you don't say "the") and "a" son, without a wife, take a closer look. Genesis. God made man in His own image, male and female created He them. And while God created a "son" without a wife, He did not do so without a woman. God the father chose Mother Mary to carry and birth God the Son. She, along with his earthly Tfather raised Him, loved him, cared for and protected him. So, if Mother Mary were not God the father's wife, was He committing adultery, Or was Mother Mary raped in her teanage years by God the Father, or the "Heavenly ghost, or whatnot.
I hope that as you get older you learn to think and understand that there are many ways of thinking of things. Not a right way and everything else is wrong.. Good luck to you. ---Truth Speaks
So many strong words " We wouldnt need so many rape poems IF AMERICA LISTENED THE FIRST TIME." True
If y'all want a poem about male rape victoms, make one! Make a video. Be the representation you want to see. No one is stoping you. Damn. They make one about women because they ARE women. Men, step up. Say something.
+Hannah Crawford ? No I think Abby means that if men want to hear the voice of male rape victims in poetry then they themselves can be the ones who _stand up_ and choose to be that voice... not stand up to defend themselves against accusations of being rapists :p
What's wrong man..this isn't about all men..why so butthurt just because a women blames a man doesn't means she blames all of them..women were oppressed since time immemorial and now that they are standing up don't u be the reason to hold them down
EXACTLY
I like when men hold me down. :O
Abby H. bro we r not privileged like u females in this type of situation since everyone tells us “u probs liked it” or just say to “be a man” you females r privileged when it comes to rape accusations which makes me sick. bc anyone can rape. and its horrible
As a survivor, I love this poem.
It speaks volumes. It speaks about what is a problem.
The police did not believe me because I wasn't crying. I wasn't crying because being too emotional means the police will not believe you. Being too emotional means that you are trying.
Rape is a crime, and only 1% of all rapists in America will ever spend more than a day in jail.
Ashley Delaney As a victim of false rape allegations, I despise this poem.
It speaks volumes. It speaks about what is not a problem.
The police did not believe me because I have a penis. I wasn't crying because I did nothing wrong and the police will not believe me. Being defensive means that you are trying.
False rape allegations is a crime, and only 1% of all false rape allegations will ever spend a day in jail.
See how that works?
That being said, I'd like your citations on the 1% assertion because I'm gonna go ahead and throw the bullshit flag out on to the field.
Do you know why few of those accused of rape are found guilty? Because it is a hard crime to prosecute if the prosecution doesn't have evidence. To be found guilty of a crime is to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. "He said, she said" is nothing but hearsay and not beyond a reasonable doubt. It is up to the accuser and the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused did what they said actually happened.
I'm so sorry that happened to you:(
zachary davis Just because there is no evidence doesn't mean it didn't happen.
@@zacharydavis6049 yea just because there is no evidence does not mean it did not happen... Most men or women that are rape end cleaning themselves (which washes away any evidence in that department or wait to long to do a sexual assault kit) because, they could be to scared or people will not believe... So because of that..thats why there is hardly ever any evidence when something like that does occur
If I was police, I would kill rapists
PREACH! FUCKING PREACH GIRLS!
+sassiestpineapple Give up - even this won't get you laid at Rutgers House of Horrors.
+measl ?
+sassiestpineapple the phandom is real
PHAM
me during the whole video
the guy who yells "oh come on." is the reason this was ever written.
Kaiya Long I entirely see how it comes across but in the slam poetry community it is meant as an empowerment like when someone is doing good with their poem you say come on. I just learned this a few days again, but his does sound a little rude
What was the time?? I didn't hear it
White Fire 2:27
@@laceyray7493 thanks
Kaiya Long oh I took that as an encouraging moment like come on tell em
The "of apple pie and roofies" is such a good use of irony
+Dennis Diderot it actually does happen in the millions
THESE GIRLS SLAM DUNKED IT
really though :')
The comments section of this video just further proves these women's points. People are afraid to admit that there are problems in the modern world. It would be very hard to pretend they don't have a point, considering the countless examples in this very comment section, labeling these women as feminists and denying the real meaning of word. Congratulations to you ladies. This was really eloquent.
75% of the comments are saying that men are disgusting in general. They just make the women’s “claims” more misleading
@@rordongamsay7941 Wait, I can’t see the other comments anymore...
@@rordongamsay7941 how are her claims misleading? Stop trying to make men be victims, I can tell by the first comment that appears on your comment that you probably just hate women
90% of the slop in the comments is shitting on men and saying that if you have ANY issues with this, or even not with this, you have a "guilty conscience" or that it's your fault in some way. its miserable, and disgusting.
I cried when they said "Until woman means human." God, I didn't come here expecting to cry.
Okay let me just address something. This poem, in no way,shape, or form, is going to stop rapists from raping or bad people in general from being bad. Everybody can fucking agree on that.
But that's not what the poem is about. It's about raising awareness and improving education about rape and consent. We would all love to change the rapists and stop them from raping, but we all know that this is pretty much impossible. What we can do is stuff like this, which, if successful in raising awareness, will keep people in the future from becoming rapists in the first place.
If we can't get rid of all the rapists out there in the world today, the least we can do is try and keep more form being created.
This poem doesn't raise anything. This is just more feminist bullshit that is totally irrelevant.
whats the definition of feminism?
Sarah ! Look it up, dipshit.
not about raising awareness, not about stopping the"creation" of rapists. just a sacred victim fantasy
Oh yeah since when is being against rape and sexual assault 'feminist bullshit'? I never hated men, but I am starting to after reading all these post comments. How can you be that ignorant and crazy....
Kick ass. So kick ass. Thank you for this.
macknmake how was it kick ass I mean it sounded like children just making things and complaining not giving reasons/facts. Rape is terrible but just from complaining nothing will happen and can you do a poem on male rape victims?
@@jimbill6256 yeah how dear they cry about getting raped just don't get raped like duh
You guys should consider re recording this in a studio setting with better equipment. Very good!
I will see what the team thinks!! This is a great idea!
ddgd
+Mike Frodesen I agree, it would be easier to hear it all because it is a powerful piece that should be heard.
Yes cause all of America is watching and yeah ALL MEN PLUS BEER? Rape wtf my god people you call rape when someone says you're nice looking of course every 2 minutes of false rape allegations and btw WOMEN ARENT THE ONLY PEOPLE RAPED LITTLE BOYS AND MEN ARE ALSO RAPED JUST BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO HAVE A PENIS DOESNT MEAN OH I FEEL LIKE SHOVING THIS INTO YOU. You guys need a boyfriend but you hate men and claim to want equal rights, to be LIKE us.... So what you're saying is YOU WANT TO RAPE MEN EVERY 2 MINUTES y'all are retarted I'm done feminism is contradiction. Making men feel like sh*t and it happens to be mostly white girls that are feminist btw so where's the irony in the black lives matter slam poetry when they are all racist af about who? Baby white Kids that aren't even born yet how do you even come up with that level of stupidity and they don't say white people in general, just white men..... Believe it or not I like all people. So if you don't like it leave America.
you say you hate America so much then LEAVE NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR YOU ANYWAYS. Not because we are don't like women BECAUSE YOUR POINTS ARE ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVENT. You have no proof at all of any REAL sexist act and if a man happens to compliment you on the street that's rape? What??? If it was a hunky dude it would be different though now wouldn't it right? But no cause YOU CHOSE TO WEAR THAT CRAP OF COURSE YOURE GONNA GET ATTENTION Christ you all need help
this is one of my all time favorite poems
Your knowledge of poems and experience with good poems must be limited then
+Dylan Washington yeah it was actually annoying. Try a love poem by Neruda or something.
Scotty Cornog ikr
+Kar Kar Really? And when did you learn to speak English? Yesterday?
+measl shut up that's her opinion keep urs to yourself
"Until there's no damn material left" hell yes girls slay💯
@@IPS-bk2wr Bitches be like "I-"
BITCH WHAT? SPEAK, SPIT IT THE FUCK OUT, WE'RE ALL WAITING AND YOU'RE DOING NOTHING, THIS IS NONSENSE, YOU CAN'T EVEN USE WORDS ANYMORE, GODDAMN, GET A JOB OR SOMETHING YOU IDIOT.
@@IPS-bk2wr Oh Damn my bad bro
aa the chills geezus this was phenomenal
men in the comments: " *I'M STRAIGHT AND CIS AND THEY'RE YELLING AT MEN I'M OFFENDED!!!!!!!!!!* "
what the poem is directed to: *_rapists, not all men_*
Which they generalized to be men
Who had complained
Yet it says “men”
balahaja erk bruh where did it say not all men once
@@jordanrivera8675 facts
rape doesn't mean that terrorism, world hunger and poverty, animal cruelty and child abuse, or generation of technology-absorbed kids who cuss aren't bad or doesn't exist; they're all important and underestimated. there is only so much you can say though, and this covers part of it, what they believe needs to be brought up more often so we can make some changes, starting small and focusing on this and only this. so stop bringing other topics up like it's superior to rape.
for those that say that these women need to be sexually assualted to talk about rape and harassment, they're probably talking about their own experiences of being hit on or being cornered along with other's stories too, and if they haven't, does it matter? rape is wrong, they shouldn't ever have to go through something like that to raise awareness or to speak up against verbally and physically disrespecting a women's body. & yes, men get raped, but that should be it's own statement. you shouldn't say it like that lowers the consequences of raping women or how traumatizing it is.
I get chills from listening to these poems. They are powerful and uplifting, and the truth needs to be told. Well done.
Someone needs to "clean" that one guy that says "come on" with some oxygen/argon plasma.
when in the video did you hear that? I'm hard of hearing...
I understand what you're saying totally, but I took the "come on" as he was like cheering them on kind of thing, not complaining, but if he was complaining, then, by all means, proceed.
I thought I would be underwhelmed with a title like this, but instead I was blown away! BRAVO!
And STILL more than once someone in the audience said: "come onnnnnn"
In spoken word or slam poetry, that phrase is a use of encouragement and empowerment for the people speaking, that’s why you might hear it a lot in many speeches.
JaylinWereWolf I think in this particular case they didn’t mean to encourage or empower anyone tho
Sophie Carmichael it’s like a good come one. Like encouraging
It’s a good “come on” lol
That was the voice of Bill Clinton.
This gave me the worst shivers ever. Thank you so much from a rape victim what you do is changing the world.
Did it feel good though?
@@skullypgaming9329 go watch monsters inc and go recompense for your actions please
mike wazouski lmao my name is actually sully from monters inc 😂
@@skullypgaming9329 ha nice
Skully_P _ || it’s not funny. It’s not dark humour. It is traumatic. Being penetrated/forced to penetrate/other sexual acts without consent is terrifying. People die, bleed, develop mental illness. Some people with ovaries can’t have children after being raped, physically or mentally. You may not have wanted to be offensive, but you’re part of the problem. We have become desensitised to comments like this. And so on behalf of this survivor, shut the fuck up.
Wow, this is the best slam poem I have ever heard!
'What were you thinking when your hand went over my chest, I was hoping you were reaching for my heart, but later on, I saw you wanted something else.'
-taken from some of my poetry
love this, keep it up ^^
Lana i really love that line, please do something with it.
PSA:
No one said in this poem that men didn't get raped. The only line I can think that even suggests that is "Until woman means human" and I guess you could say that whole section with the budwieser and things, but it is true that women get raped more often, and our bodies are sold everywhere, we do get cat called etc. Rape happens to men too and I've never heard anybody deny that. Bringing awareness to it is fine, but don't shame the poets, they did nothing wrong.
kallmekitty Yeah, I think it's something like 1 in 6 men and 1 in 4 women or something like that?? I could be completely wrong though but I know for sure that more women get raped than men.
People only say men get raped too to silence other women from speaking out
Tayo Odebunmi
That's actually incorrect. Men are raped more than women. The original definition of "rape culture" referred to prision rape. In prison, rape is normalized and there is no punishment. Nowadays, women have distorted the term to make it about themselves. Typical! Men in prison are more likely to be raped than a free woman is to be raped anywhere else.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449454/More-men-raped-US-women-including-prison-sexual-abuse.html
@@user-bk1xu8eh9q uhm no?? where did you get this information??
@hellcolored e-excuse me? What the fuck dude. Honestly- it doesn’t matter *what* gender, it only matters that it is being done and needs to stop. People don’t ‘make it about themselves’, that comment is absolutely and *utterly disgusting*. You should be ashamed of yourself, honestly I’m disgusted just looking at that! Calling it ‘typical’, and saying they make it about themselves- every single rape survivor had this *happen* to them! It is *trauma*, it is *rape*, and it *is* about themselves. It is about every single rape survivor out there, male, female, gender-fluid, gender-neutral- their gender doesn’t *matter*! Nor does their colour, their race, their fashion sense, their personality, their sense of self-worth, how many friends they have or how much family they have- *none* of it matters. What matters is that they got *raped*, and it is trauma, and people don’t *make it about themselves*. Because it happened, and it is therapeutic, and *okay* to share their stories, because that helps the healing process and overall people like you *dISGUST ME!*
edit: also, critique my usage of bold and how I’m using asterisks when it’s already bold, but that’s YT’s fault honestly. It’s malfunctioning.
also, in that article they had several grammar errors and spelling mistakes. I wouldn’t trust that shit.
The guys here are so bitter about this poem I love it
I love it as well
Pedro Pepper that does help a little
+measl ahh yes i was also born without a mouth
you're my fav
Carlos Hernandez OMG I HAVENT SEEN A SINGLE HATE COMMENT THO UUUUGGGHHHHH
The comments on here are disgusting.
Kennedi Krause says you.
***** what is your problem? keep your thoughts to yourself. no one asked for your opinion.
Kennedi Krause The best you can do is remind yourself that CZcams trolls are pretty much the dregs of stupidity. They're usually a bunch of fedora-wearing wannabe-nihilists. At the same time, I swear, I was treated better in Afghanistan.
Alfred Hitchdick Ah, come on. The entirety of Asia's dick isn't that big.
+Alfred Hitchcock What's your problem?
I just gave you a standing ovation from my room. Damn ladies, I'm so in love with this. Thank you all for writing and presenting this beautiful creation!
I've never seen so many hate driven idiotic comments on such a powerful video..great job ladies.
+Autumn S What is powerfull about this?
+Bob bobbemans absolutely nothing, just stereotyping every man and disregarding that there are sick and twisted females out in the world. Could have been a better poem with more gender neutral pronouns, but hey, PC college girls? lol
+Autumn S I've never seen so many diverse comments on such a hate driven idiotic video. meh job ladies since you're obviously impervious to criticism.
+Fancy McFancyman Its a dramatization of every Tumblr post slamming makes ever. Only you can hear their entitled little squeals instead of just having your eyes defiled by their ignorance.
+Autumn S actually, I've seen more. It's whatever. of course #killallmen never happened right?
I got so many chills during this, especially at the end "when woman means human" God I love this so much
this left me unexpectedly emotional.
I'd say a lot of things leave you like that.
I share the sentiment, Catlin.
I wish the fucking audience would WAIT until the poem is FINISHED to appaluse.
That's pretty common in poetry, particularly "slam" or spoken word poetry. It bothers me as well, I like my audience to wait until it is finished, but it's supposed to be encouraging that one specific line of the poem is particularly "inspiring" or otherwise remarkable.
It's still annoying as shit *****
Agreed.
Yeah, they should have laughed their asses off and point fingers.
aaah, nice job on displaying your irritation to avoid arguing back. i'm sure pure and innocent girls like you shouldn't have seen one at all
God, these fucking comments are ridiculous. Instead of looking at this as a way to teach our future generations, ALL GENDERS, right from wrong and no means no, you say shit like "dumb girls, this isn't going to stop rape" "the world isn't going to change" how fucking sad is that? why not be the fucking change? Teach our children so they don't make the same mistakes as our generation and those before. Instead you are weak and selfish. No one said this would end rape, but it does spread awareness of the topic. No one said this was only about women, you all just WANT something to find wrong with this. As I see it, anyone of any gender can may be able to relate. No, this piece wont end rape alone, but if people actually gave a shit and lent a hand to help raise awareness and protect our people, we could help so many. But of course, in our ignorant and individualist society, no one actually wants to solve the problem. Instead, they come to youtube videos meant to have a positive purpose and complain and argue about things that don't matter. If you all are so concerned with men that are raped (which I am NOT saying is anyless legitimate than a woman being raped, because I believe rape is rape regardless of gender) why not create a campaign in regards to that?? instead of complaining about it, do something about it.
Rape is a huge fucking problem. False accusations of rape is a huge problem. So we should take it upon ourselves to ensure that our children do better than we do.
+Mark Putt what are you talking about?
+Mark Putt dude if you're going to come to this video just to troll people, bye. I can already see your other ignorant comments. If you have such a problem with people wanting to help others, why are you here? Just to spread negativity? It's great that the statistics have gone down, but its still fucking happening. That's the point. I have never understood why people get so mad that we want to fight rape. Does rape not bother you? That's disturbing.
+BetterThanJesus2 If we can teach our children right from wrong, that alone can help lower the statistics. There are people who are uneducated on the subject of sexual assault...like they don't know what it is and what actions equal sexual assault. so they may engage in these actions or let these actions happen to them because they didn't know it was wrong. this is something I believe starts in adolescence...if no one ever teaches a child it's wrong to touch someone inappropriately, or say something racist, or to steal something, whatever the situation, then how would that child know not to do it? Yes there are people who are lost causes, sociopaths, psychopaths, whoever..but we should still try. Why does that bother people so much? I mean, a lot of people have their minds set in stone, but I'm talking about future generations. This is honestly something that bothers the shit out of me. Sexual assault is something I have dealt with and I really want help educate people so others dont have to go through the same ordeal. I don't care if you think this is cringey..it impacts a lot of people. Obviously it's not going to stop rape, like I said..but I do know of people who have had change of heart or have become more active in advocating against problems like this, because of pieces such as this. Not all feminists are crazy nazi fems. I'm not sure why people generalize feminists, true feminists believe in equality and justice for all...they aren't just crazed man haters (though I'm totally aware that their ARE some chicks calling themselves feminists but totally contradicting the meaning of feminism) still, people dont get it. I don't expect you to understand me. That's fine. You do you, I'll do me.
Don't listen to the person that thinks they're "better than Jesus", they've been spouting the same pessimistic bs on my comment too. Better to just ignore them.
Love that last line
I absolutely love this, I just wish it had some form of a trigger warning. When I was first being treated for PTSD this would have really upset me, and I can relate to anyone else who could be emotionally vulnerable watching this. But this is absolutely brilliant, because it's so accurate. People don't realize the problem sexual abuse/assault is, and a lot of people just ignore the victims thinking "I've heard this before" and don't do anything to try to stop it from happening again.
the trigger is in the title.
Thank you! On behalf, I know, of MANY rape survivors, myself included. Thank you.
“They are all lumped into one category” is one of my favorite lines in this poem because it’s so so true
This was so amazing it gave me chills but the idiots in the comments really ruined it
+Samantha Brown This ignorance makes me sick.
I can hear men saying "c'mon!" In an irritated manner and it ticks me the fuck off
To all the guys saying "Not all men are like this!!!1!". WE KNOW. But here's a little quote to keep in mind whenever you think of saying that again, “You must remember, it isn't about “All men are menaces to women,” it’s about “All women have been menaced by men.””
why are there 1K dislikes? What the fuck
i want to spam the like button so much
according to a study, 2 in 1000 of all rapes are falsely accused.
Really? What study is that?
It's idiotic to assume someone who dislikes this video is a rapists who acts like they aren't. I found there to be many things that made me dislike this, and I am no rapist, nor rape apologist.
same tho
love seeing all these hate comments from primarily cis men feeling threatened by empowered women.
amazing performance girls!!
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EDIT 1 (for people who clearly can’t read or don’t speak english):
i said it was PRIMARILY straight men hating on girls expressing common traumatic experiences through poetry; not that ONLY straight men were hating on them.
EDIT 2: i posted this comment 4 years ago and although my views have changed greatly because i now believe third wave feminism perpetuates men-hating attitudes that i don’t support, i still believe in equality for the sexes and NOT supremacy of females. i am not a feminist, just a decent human being who believes there are many gender related issues on both sides that need to be addressed, some of them overlapping. i think many issues that affect men are not taken seriously due to toxic masculinity and society viewing men as expendable; not okay. when i originally wrote this, i saw a lot of the comments belittling these girls poetry coming from straight, cis men. i don’t know why this is the case, but at the time (4 years ago) i chalked it up to that demographic feeling threatened. perhaps it’s something else entirely, maybe wanting more exposure on the issues men face in society that are equally as gripping and traumatic.
as such, i think there should be more discourse on this topic and empowering men on the same level rather than tearing each other down.
let’s all be decent human beings today :)
+Nicole Now why would you claim men are threatened? I mean seriously, what do men need women for these days? Turns out all those modern conveniences used for household chores invented and made by men to make women's life easier have now become the same machines that make a woman no longer needed by a man.
+nexxuslord lol...
Indy Azalia
Well then let me place you into the scene.
She laughed, "Well, that is the truth."
So perhaps you can share with me what I am missing out on? I sure do know what I don't miss about intimate relationships with women in this system.
Now I don't know you from Eve, so I really don't know your whole mental and social engineered mindset, nor your awareness by age and experience.
What am I to be threatened with??
Please share what a woman brings to the party in the consumer culture of the Western World? Funny but I actually have more money not having a woman then I do when sharing the so called burdens.
My mother comes from a much different time. She has no love of the modern Feminism. As a matter of fact she comes from before most of the modern conveniences of the Woman Patriarchal enslavement to the kitchen barefoot and pregnant. No, my mother was in the wave that found out they "HAD" to go to work because prices started going up. She had to go work for another system to support her Family as well. So really, I was the one loading a dishwasher that you had to attach correctly to a sink adapter, doing the dishes just like many child slaves before myself. Perhaps it was my childhood abuse of having to be the remote control and T.V. Tuner before Solid State and remote controls.
Whatever it was it made me self sufficient and my mother taught me how to cook because I had better know how to cook for myself. I only had one relationship where I didn't do the cooking, because she could cook better then me and she was from New Zealand.
I was responding to the "How I am not Threatened" by so called empowered woman.
How am i a Hate filled male? I just don't desire female companionship anymore with all of it's catch 22's. I don't desire going to Las Vegas and gambling at those odds either, and that is the modern marriage equivalent.
I don't see from my age bracket and awareness through experience what a woman brings to the party after the Family isn't an option anymore.
I also don't see why showing my nephews the tactics women use to screw with men is a no no. I would think it would help lower those so called rape statistics when a man is prepared to see these what types of women are lurking in the depths of the sea, so to say.
Certainly I am not going to stand by and let them just become useful tools and stepping stones.
Peace.
+Nicole Oh no!! The big guns are out!! It's feminist shaming tactics for those who disagree with the religious dogma of the holy feminist word. Typical really, you cannot convince or convert those who have their own opinions, so naturally we are misogynists, etc. What a waste of space you & your childish organisation is.
+Nicole I love your comedic comment!!
All of the comments on this video only PROVE how badly we NEED feminism. I can't believe so many misogynistic people can deny feminism.
Im a guy and i agree
Why do we need feminism? Last I checked everyone in the USA has equal rights.
Feminist has changed back in the 1800’s it was about rights but now it’s just about putting men down and you can’t change my mind on that. They preach “Equal pay, Equal opportunity, Equality for all” but they don’t practice that it’s only “women need more pay” and in reality women do get more opportunities then men in fields of work like STEM just like blacks, gays, and Hispanics do because a business owner would much rather like to improve his rep by getting more minorities rather than another straight white man. Also women do have equal rights and are quite frankly treated better then men. We need real feminism not just a glorified hate crime
Well... There is a reason why people deny feminism... Because feminazis exist
I've seen so many comments saying that as a dude you feel targeted.
Yeah.. imagine feeling like that every. fucking. day.
Chloe Roberts Are you implying that women are targeted every day? You are delusional.
Yeah. It's really fun.
Hammerhead547 at 16, the other lifeguard at the camp where I worked pinned me to the pool house floor, pulled my bathing suit aside and raped me on the concrete. Tossed me a pack of Plan B over breakfast. He had a case in his room. He got a grand total of 17 of us over the summer (2 consensually). That's over half the 16-21 female population of the camp felled to one guy. 1/2. Add in the campers and cooks, some of whom had their own shit that equalises to 1/3-1/4.
Chloe Roberts 👏👏👏👏👏
J Taylor not walking down the street, not doing anything. Not going out alone. When you are, that sucks but women feel that every time they walk alone.
I love this.. especially when they said “don’t tell me she was sober enough to make a decision” ... sucks when you have no evidence so you can’t do nothing.
This gave me chills....
This is so incredibly powerful, you girls are wonderful and talented. Like you, I hope that one day poems like this aren't necessary.
Wow. That poem was really strong. Great job, and I agree with the points you made. Something has to be done to reduce and get rid of rape.
Everyone in my house thinks I'm crazy cause at the end of this I literally started clapping and yelling "YASS! GO GIRLS!"
*BETA!*
@@measl tbh if you call people a beta then u probably are one pal
@@pentry20 said the beta
I got chills, guys. I actually got chills. This is brilliant.
Did anyone else hear those men saying "oh come on" the entire time!😒 seriously!? Ugh PISSES ME OFF!!!
In spoken word or slam poetry, that phrase is a use of encouragement and empowerment for the people speaking, that’s why you might hear it a lot in many speeches.
Ok boomer
Come on is like break a leg asshat
HoneyFen there is a huge difference in tone between an encouraging "Come on, you can do it!" And "Come on, this is bullshit". If you don't have the human capacity to tell the difference, the men in the background of this poem were displaying the non-helpful, non-encouraging one. You can differentiate by how long and whinily they've hold out the vowels, and by how bitchy and offended they sound.
Go watch monsters inc and cool down please
If you listen to the crowd you can hear stupid people groaning and complaining and it pisses me off
Oh no it hurts your opinon😒 well you know you say to guys that speaks out "man up" well it'll bite you in the back now "girl up"
CHILLS I GOT CHILLS OMG BEAUTIFUL
I clapped this is beautiful
Got a million chills watching this.. powerful.
This is so fucking badass I couldn't love this any more, amazing job
Feminism at its finest
Exactly, it's so beautiful and wonderful!
Not to me
Robert Smith
Does it have to be beautiful to you personally? Who are you, someone special? A president? A prime minister? God?
+TheSimoneShow
Yes i am a supreme omnipotent being blessed with the power to proclaim what is and is not beautiful!
I decree that you qualify!
TheSimoneShow Yes, who is this person with a different opinion from ours, who does he think he is ..? doesn't he know that we have all the right answers and that everything is as we see it. He must feel like god, there can't possible be a different explanation to why someone would express there opinion next to ours as if they where equal.. what a fucking shump!
"...Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal; these are principals which every man of every faith can embrace!..." -Boondock Saints
Some of these comments are absolutely disgusting.
+BriPlaysMC "People who have opposing opinions backed with facts are disgusting."
Fixed that for you.
+Angelica Galindo so much for facts
Angelica Galindo Ah, the feminist with the red herring, what a surprise.
+BriPlaysMC I agree. Let's ban feminism.
Staying Classy Where's the facts. Show me them, I'm searching.
Just letting you know this is on tumblr with 50,000 notes. Good job. :)
80,000 now x
pearlypintos 80,00!
Well no shit. It's tumblr. Tumblr lives for this type of shit.
Willumps3 Oh, because it's true? Yeah, sounds about right. Don't get me wrong tumblr does have a lot of bullshit but then it has things like this that are meant to be listened to and taken seriously.
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holy shit this should go viral
As a victim myself, all of these poems can help. It helps me to remember that I’m not alone.
I LOVE that all the men saying
"Not all men are rapists" or "Your directing this at men"
Are just intimidated by empowered woman🦄
Who said we were? I just want a little mention...
Girls rape too
This was directed at rapists
@@veeeeeeeee7 not really. If you were paying attention most of the pronouns that were used were "he" or "him"
@@afrobird0197 dear god srsly man what's wrong with you
It was Directed at men who rape
Happy now
So don't be offended cause me or neither them is trying to shade anyone
Except the rapists
MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS
This is absolutely amazing! Why does this not have more views? Thank you! You four are all fantastic!
that was the best poem I had ever heard
@@Swagnar666 they're not saying that those artists aren't good, they are simply stating the fact that this one is their favorite
Screw the guys who yelled out “oh come on!!”
I know I heard to
“oh come on” is used as encouragement in slam poetry.
@@404ever yeah but his tone
@@404ever what’s the time?
Wow. Very powerful.
Video is better quality directly from CZcams.
Gets more intense each time I watch this. I commend these young women for making their voices heard.
'until my voice speaks louder than my outfit.'
that line means so much to me.
If a teacher tells the class to stop taking and youve been silent do you take that personally? No ok then shut up
Edit: directed at the men saying not all men and such
As a survivor, you would probably think I hate men for what they did to me, but I am smart enough to know that not all men do that shit! Great job ladies! You have my respect and thanks for standing up!
The comments of people on here tell me that it's gonna be a long time until there are no rape poems anymore.
wow this brought me the chills. You girls are amazing, keep doing what your doing.
I love that all the hate comments are done by men.
These poems, while some may say that they are useless and are just women blowing their own horns and do nothing for our society, actually raise awareness. They give a face to this crime, they show people that rape doesn't always mean the same thing, and that its okay to talk about it.
If you don't like listening to this poem, or poems on rape or similar topics my advice is: DON'T. Move on. We don't need your negativity.
I think these girls did an amazing job and their poem really touched me, thank you for doing this ladies!
***** No it does not raise awareness cos I don't think I can think of any kind of society in history that has condoned rape. I'm starting to think this sort of stuff is an excuse so people can yell and scream and settle in a delusion of this control they think they're in.
"I love how all the hate comments are done by men" I love how you people confuse hate with having another opinion.
They touched you? That's rape
This was just AMAZING! I hope it will be the last "rape poem" of all times, can your voice be the one of all of us and finaly FINALY be listened at ! thank you girls you rocked it!
this was so powerfully spoken, amazing work girls, this will be known get ready for your voice to be heard! because it deserves to be more then ever
The best slam poem I have ever heard👏👏👏👏👏
Chills down my arms and tears in my eyes... THAT WAS SO GOOD
can I get a hell yeah. oh my god that was amazing. you guys were amazing. I highly appreciate it. let us be heard.
"The rape poems will continue, until there is no damn material left."
Speechless. This is amazing and powerful and this needs to be seen by everyone.
If there was rape back when women wore long dresses, coats, and huge hats that covered every inch of their body, I am pretty sure women (or men) wearing less clothes and saying they are asking for it is NOT an excuse for someone to rape them.
I come back to this from time to time, and I'm still blown away. Thank you so much.
I GOT CHILLS THEY'RE MULTIPLYING AND IM LOSING CONTROL
While I agree that "No" means no, I have a difficult time understanding why one would think altering their right mind with drugs or alcohol (same thing) is going to end in a rational outcome. Intoxication leads to irrational behavior... don't have expectations of virtue if you alter your right mind.
Yep, let's blame the victim. If I get drunk I should definitely expect to be rape or sexually assaulted. Niceee!
Heather Hobson You might want to take a course in logic. Then I have yet to have anyone answer the following question satisfactorily..... Name three things that alcohol has improved or made better? Maybe someday you'll understand that drugs and alcohol are for weak-minded people.
Heather Hobson No doubt the wine industry had a study preformed. Nothing moderate exercise wouldn't do.
Drugs or alcohol can lead to back decisions on your part, but that doesn't excuse anyone else for taking advantage of you while you're in that state.
***** There is no excuse to alter your right mind.
This is absolutely AMAZING. It brings me such hope to know that there are other young women finding a voice like this and expressing themselves with regards to such crucial topics. YOU give me hope for the future. This is INCREDIBLE! Please keep up the amazing work -- I'll be passing this video on to everyone I know. YOU GO GIRLS !
I got real goosebumps while watching this; this is so amazing, I can't even put into words what I want to say. It's just so triumphant for so horrific a subject, the way it gives a strong voice to victims and people alike who know that things must be changed. Well done.
Thank you SO MUCH, for including a transcript. I was assigned this video to watch for my women's studies class in uni, and as a person with a learning disability, you have no idea how relieving it is to see transcripts (especially accurate ones), and subtitles. It probably doesn't sound like a big deal but this goes a long way for us homies with disabilities. 🙌🏻
i wish people would understand that you don't have to be either a men's rights activist or a feminist
feminism is "the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes." there is nothing in there about hating men
at the same time you can recognize male problems without trivializing the problems of women
you can recognize that 1/6 women are raped whilst also recognizing that men are taught to be emotionless beasts
the truth is we are all human and we need to work together to end these injustices
Corsets, long skirts, and pantyhose never stopped men before, sure as he'll isn't stoping them now.
Saw some man comment on here that the definition of rape only includes vaginal rape, so men technically can't ever get rapes.
I'm including the definition in the comment for any idiot that believes that it excludes female on male or male on male rape. You don't need to have a vagina to get raped.
"Unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim."
Ive seen this before but I'm coming bac to this after so long. Thank you. Thank you for bringing tears to my eyes for saying the words I have tried to form. Thank you for saying what needs to be said
this is probably one of the most powerfl things i've heard in a long time jfc
That was so powerful...Such a shame there are still people on here that don't see the problem in rape. Oh, yes, such a casual thing it is, huh? Such a "casual thing" that scars people for *life*. Don't belittle these matters.
Anyhow, this was beautifully done. One of my favorite videos by far. Thank you for showing things in the truest light.
I had chills all over throughout this entire video. God bless you four lovely ladies for taking a stand on behalf of all women. Our world has fallen to pieces and sometimes I've felt like giving up on life. But you four make life worth living, thank you so much for your existence ♥️
This is one of those things that are so powerful that when they end you just sit in stunned silence for a few minutes. Amazing video!
This is power...? What are you smoking?