{"id":7449,"date":"2013-07-19T07:14:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T07:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7449"},"modified":"2013-07-19T07:14:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T07:14:14","slug":"fhm-rape-jokers-dig-in-as-they-trend-above-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7449","title":{"rendered":"FHM rape jokers dig in as they trend above Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was meant to be an apology, but an open letter by the FHM writers who were suspended after making jokes about \u201ccorrective rape\u201d on Facebook has only fuelled the fire.<\/p>\n

Users on social media have accused the pair of using their public apology as nothing more than a platform to \u201cplay the blame game\u201d and to justify their comments.<\/p>\n

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The initial furore was sparked earlier this week after a Facebook conversation involving FHM\u2019s features editor Max Barashenkov and colleague, black writer Montle Moroosi, was circulated on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI propose correctional rape and sterilisation for any white person who twerks,\u201d wrote Barashenkov in a status update, referring to a type of dance.<\/p>\n

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The black writer Moroosi later joined in on the conversation: \u201cI think rape can be quite fun if executed in a romantic manner. Like saying \u2018I love you\u2019 before slipping a roofie in her Earl Grey tea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After other users challenged the pair on their comments, Barashenkov wrote that he had been a victim of \u201ccorrective rape\u201d and was entitled to make jokes about it.<\/p>\n

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Local charity and support group Luleki Sizwe says at least 10 black lesbians are raped or gang-raped by black men every week in Cape Town. It is believed many of these attacks are \u201ccorrective rapes\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Barashenkov and Moroosi\u2019s comments were met with outrage on Twitter, and FHM suspended the pair.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, the writers posted an apology on their shared blog.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe apologise sincerely for our distasteful and insensitive comments and would especially like to extend our apologies to anyone who has ever gone through the horror of rape,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

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But the pair also challenged the way they were \u201cpublicly lynched for engaging with a taboo subject in their private capacity\u201d, questioning why actual incidents of rape were not met with the same public outcry.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the morning, the rape will go on, the rapists will walk free, the media will remain indifferent, but the country will feel better because the real dirt is now under the carpet.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fact that our private joke eclipsed other content on South Africa\u2019s media outlets, the fact that we trended above Mandela for the day, points to a problem far greater.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, most users were not happy with the apology.- IOL<\/p>\n

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It was meant to be an apology, but an open letter by the FHM writers who were suspended after making jokes about \u201ccorrective rape\u201d on Facebook has only fuelled the fire. Users on social media have accused the pair of using their public apology as nothing more than a platform to \u201cplay the blame game\u201d … Continue reading “FHM rape jokers dig in as they trend above Mandela”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[4057,3839,430,12250],"class_list":["post-7449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-black-rape","tag-corrective-rape","tag-fhm","tag-south-africa"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/moroosi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}