{"id":192997,"date":"2021-03-06T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192997"},"modified":"2021-03-06T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:30:08","slug":"nyt-columnist-cartoon-skunk-pepe-le-pew-perpetuates-rape-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-columnist-cartoon-skunk-pepe-le-pew-perpetuates-rape-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Columnist: Cartoon Skunk Pep\u00e9 Le Pew Perpetuates Rape Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-columnist-cartoon-skunk-pepe-le-pew-perpetuates-rape-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-980510606-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Advocating the banishment of six Dr. Seuss books for apparent racial imagery, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow also complained about a cartoon skunk named Pep\u00e9 Le Pew for supposedly perpetuating rape culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a child, I was led to believe that Blackness was inferior. And I was not alone. The Black society into which I was born was riddled with these beliefs,\u201d Blow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/03\/opinion\/suess-books-race-bias.html\">wrote<\/a> in a Times column published Wednesday.\u00a0\u201cIt happened for children in the most inconspicuous of ways: It was relayed through toys and dolls, cartoons and children\u2019s shows, fairy tales and children\u2019s books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the first cartoons I can remember included Pep\u00e9 Le Pew, who normalized rape culture,\u201d the writer claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The French romantic skunk forever looking for love became a popularized Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies character in the mid-1900s. The lovable skunk was featured in numerous films, including the 1997 movie \u201cSpace Jam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After \u201cright wing blogs\u201d took notice of Blow\u2019s critique, the Times writer doubled-down on his \u201crape culture\u201d claim via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Right wing]\u00a0blogs are mad [because] I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture,\u201d he wrote on Saturday. \u201cLet\u2019s see. 1. He grabs\/kisses a girl\/stranger, repeatedly, [without] consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won\u2019t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis helped teach boys that \u2018no\u2019 didn\u2019t really mean no, that it was a part of \u2018the game\u2019, the starting line of a power struggle,\u201d argued Blow. \u201cIt taught overcoming a woman\u2019s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn\u2019t even give the woman the ability to SPEAK.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This helped teach boys that \u201cno\u201d didn\u2019t really mean no, that it was a part of \u201cthe game\u201d, the starting line of a power struggle. It taught overcoming a woman\u2019s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn\u2019t even give the woman the ability to SPEAK.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlesMBlow\/status\/1368201252241281029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Left-wing actress Allison Tolman took the criticism of the cartoon skunk a step further: Pep\u00e9 is also transphobic, she argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, this is not a point I would have made on my own but since were talking about it: so Pepe Le Pew is promoting rape culture, but does anyone feel it\u2019s vaguely transphobic as well? Stay with me here,\u201d Tolman posted.\u00a0\u201cThe cat is presenting (in her case accidentally) as something other than what she biologically classifies as. What would happen to her if Pepe found out he\u2019s been making passes at a cat he thought was a skunk? Did we ever see him find out?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The cat is presenting (in her case accidentally) as something other than what she biologically classifies as. What would happen to her if Pepe found out he\u2019s been making passes at a cat he thought was a skunk? Did we ever see him find out?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allison Tolman (@Allison_Tolman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Allison_Tolman\/status\/1368272290023022592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blow received support from left-leaning folks online, though he was also met with mockery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great point. Studies* show that 87 percent of sex offenders named a cartoon skunk as their primary influence,\u201d Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh mocked. \u201c*These studies exist only in Charles Blow\u2019s fevered imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a great point. Studies* show that 87 percent of sex offenders named a cartoon skunk as their primary influence.<\/p>\n<p>*These studies exist only in Charles Blow&#8217;s fevered imagination <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o94dv47Llu\">https:\/\/t.co\/o94dv47Llu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1368285753613156357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cViva la France you absolute lunatics,\u201d posted popular law account @beyondreasdoubt. \u201c[By the way] I\u2019m assuming Charles Blow has come out against every rapper ever, right? Because if you think Pepe Le Pew is a problem, hoo boy go listen to the music I grew up on.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Viva la France you absolute lunatics \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/14LyxF1MJX\">pic.twitter.com\/14LyxF1MJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LB (@beyondreasdoubt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beyondreasdoubt\/status\/1368248027333419010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">btw I\u2019m assuming Charles Blow has come out against every rapper ever, right? Because if you think Pepe Le Pew is a problem, hoo boy go listen to the music I grew up on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LB (@beyondreasdoubt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beyondreasdoubt\/status\/1368253307559571460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven as a kid I thought the French-accented Pep\u00e9 Le Pew was the butt of the joke \u2013 he thinks he\u2019s suave &#038; debonair &#038; that women are lucky to catch his attention, but he\u2019s a cringe loser &#038; literally a skunk that the female cat runs from,\u201d wrote conservative Jerry Dunleavy. \u201cPep\u00e9 also hates it when roles get reversed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even as a kid I thought the French-accented Pep\u00e9 Le Pew was the butt of the joke \u2013 he thinks he&#8217;s suave &#038; debonair &#038; that women are lucky to catch his attention, but he&#8217;s a cringe loser &#038; literally a skunk that the female cat runs from. Pep\u00e9 also hates it when roles get reversed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8PufSBG8TN\">https:\/\/t.co\/8PufSBG8TN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1368240339123900418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFinding offense everywhere you look is just self-importance disguised as virtue,\u201d podcast host Bridget Phetasy posted on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finding offense everywhere you look is just self-importance disguised as virtue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BridgetPhetasy\/status\/1368266430446116865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocating the banishment of six Dr. Seuss books for apparent racial imagery, New York Times columnist Charles M. 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