TikTokers are calling rape 'grape' to avoid censorship. It's beyond insulting

TikTokers are calling rape 'grape' to avoid censorship. It's beyond insulting

As the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure argued, language constitutes our world, it doesn’t just record it or label it. Words are not simply a verbal badge we attach to things; they are how we create and understand the world around us. If we have no word for “freedom”, for example, how can the concept exist? Likewise, without the word “perimenopause,” how does one account for the surge of violence that erupts when presented with a loved one breathi…