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It would appear so. The glib nature of the posts regarding the release of the alleged victim's personal information reminds one why it is highly discouraged in the first place. Not only revictimizing the woman, but all the tawdry remarks are sickening. For example what does her physical appearance have to do with the crime. Rape is rape, no means no, regardless of the woman's physical appearance.
Why should rape victims be given some special status that victims of other serious crimes aren't?
And why is misogyny considered "worse" than open racism or open anti-Semitism? (You aren't racist or anti-semitic but many posters who are openly racist and/or openly anti-semitic think that the slightest hint of misogyny is socially unacceptable....)
Why should rape victims be given some special status that victims of other serious crimes aren't?
And why is misogyny considered "worse" than open racism or open anti-Semitism? (You aren't racist or anti-semitic but many posters who are openly racist and/or openly anti-semitic think that the slightest hint of misogyny is socially unacceptable....)
Because being physically raped and being emotionally raped by the public puts the victim through the wringer twice, which discourages women from reporting when they've been sexually assaulted. The majority of rapes go unreported. Just think if the majority of auto thefts went unreported, we'd probably have a huge surge in the number of people stealing cars, since if the crime is not reported the car thieves wouldn't be concerned with getting caught.
Why should rape victims be given some special status that victims of other serious crimes aren't?
Because victims of sexual assault, despite enduring the assault, must endure disparaging judgements and character assassinations from others. You know the typical blame the victim stuff, and then the voyeurism such as this thread where people comment on her appearance. Many, many stupid people still pass judgement on rape victims that they do not pass on victims of other crimes, and that is the reason.
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And why is misogyny considered "worse" than open racism or open anti-Semitism? (You aren't racist or anti-semitic but many posters who are openly racist and/or openly anti-semitic think that the slightest hint of misogyny is socially unacceptable....)
I don't think it is, I'm not sure where you got that idea.
Because victims of sexual assault, despite enduring the assault, must endure disparaging judgements and character assassinations from others. You know the typical blame the victim stuff, and then the voyeurism such as this thread where people comment on her appearance. Many, many stupid people still pass judgement on rape victims that they do not pass on victims of other crimes, and that is the reason.
Victims of gang violence also go through the same stuff, plenty of blame the victim judgmentalism and often all sorts of derogatory comments related to their ethnicity, the neighborhoods they live in, and how they were dressed when they were attacked, and whether they were gang members themselves. So based on that criteria victims of street gang crimes should not have their names mentioned and should enjoy the protections of a "shield" just like rape victims.
Rape should be treated no differently than any other serious crime.
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I don't think it is, I'm not sure where you got that idea.
Open displays of racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism on C-D don't get attacked anywhere near as much as even the most mild criticisms of some women - make those and the running dogs on C-D will be quick to jump on your back for "misogyny". And ironically many of those C-D "feminists" - some of whom are even male - are very openly racist, xenophobic, etc. themselves and see nothing wrong with open displays of racism. You're not a bigot but many of these people are.
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