Gov. Cuomo pushing to get “Fart Rape Law” passed

by CNY Central Friday, July 10th 2020

Fart rape; it's a strange term but what does it mean?

The term "Fart rape" originates from "rape culture" theory, stemming back to a documentary entitled "Rape Culture" released in 1975. More recently, a conference was held in 2013 at the University of Toronto to explore whether male flatulence could be considered misogynistic. That's when a teaching instructor at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education named Ashleigh Ingle made herself the poster child for anti-fart rape advocacy.

Furthermore, Ingle articulated that if a woman were to fart in the presence of a man and the man responded by farting louder than the woman, than that would be rape. “By farting louder the man is using passive aggressive violence to position himself as dominant, this intimidates the woman to subconsciously not release as much flatulence and thus the woman fearing for her safety doesn’t fart as loud as a sign of submissiveness, this in turn contributes to rape culture and  women being oppressed."

In 2020 with social justice movements stampeding forward at full throttle, some political leaders are jumping on board looking to make radical changes in legislation to satisfy the furthering rabid progressive base. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for a push to get the “Fart Rape Act” legislated into a law where unsolicited, aggressive flatulence towards or near a fellow public transport passenger will be subject to upwards of a $50 fine

"Each separate piece of the equation is seemingly insignificant when apart,” Cuomo said during a briefing in Albany. “But what you compound each act with intent and an unwilling participant it becomes a form of assault.” Cuomo said the law is based upon countless amounts of research by top feminist academics that have concluded that human flatulence could be sexist in today’s culture.

“Subways and buses can get crowded and often times a victim of fart rape will have nowhere to hide and just have to suck it up,” says Commissioner Marie Therese Dominquez, head of the New York State Department of Transportation. Some objectors to the potential law have stated in the COVID-19 environment we live in today, that fart rape should not be an issue if people are wearing their masks in public as required. In response to this Dominquez countered, “Yes people need to wear their masks, but as we all see, there isn’t 100% compliance. Should these people be allowed to get fart raped with no repercussions? And what happens down the road when masks in public aren’t required anymore, a farting free-for-all?”

The “Fart Rape Act” is scheduled to go before the New York State Legislation for vote on September 17, 2020. Until then, hold in your farts people.