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In reply to the discussion: 6'4" 250 lb. Man Rapes Three-year-old Daughter, Judge rules for HIS safety. No rape culture here! [View all]Atman
(31,464 posts)86. We on DU have heard your stories many, many, many times.
It still does not mean there is a "rape culture" in the United States. You suffered a horrible tragedy, and I do have empathy. But your insistance upon equating your experience with a "culture" in the United States doesn't fly. Again it doesn't fly any more than saying we have a TV stealing culture or a car stealing culture, or whatever. You were the victim of a terrible crime. Really, I do get that. But it serves no purpose to say that we're just a rape culture because you were a victim of abuse. YOU suffered, and in a society of 320,000,000 other people, many others have suffered as well. No one condones it, no one accepts it. But you can't define it as our "culture."
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6'4" 250 lb. Man Rapes Three-year-old Daughter, Judge rules for HIS safety. No rape culture here! [View all]
Tsiyu
Mar 2014
OP
Those links provide a background of the judge. She has a history of sending rapists to jail
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#276
Your right about the lame cover up for not knowing the sex of the judge,
orpupilofnature57
Mar 2014
#274
exactly. and every human being on this planet should scorn, ridicule, shame this rapist of babies.
seabeyond
Mar 2014
#2
NOOOO! Not the dreaded SCORN and RIDICULE!! He's ONLY an INCESTUOUS TODDLER RAPIST!
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#209
we are seeing more and more, men actually charged adn convicted getting totally off or less than a
seabeyond
Mar 2014
#3
There have been a lot of news stories lately with low to suspended sentences for rapists
BainsBane
Mar 2014
#12
I know this isn't saying much, but at least we're seeing more and more people CHARGED.
hughee99
Mar 2014
#155
^ this ^ is so important to understand. It bears repeating. It may even deserve its own OP.
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2014
#21
Means it's not about men vs. women so much as evil creeps vs. decent people.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#225
would you care to visit the African American Forum, or simply post to GD--Disputing Racism?
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2014
#122
So the US culture promotes/accepts/forgives pedophilia and child rape as a whole?
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#125
A sizable portion of the population is not pro-slavery or pro-lynching or pro-segregation.
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2014
#134
Well, I guess I misunderstood you, because with this post of yours you seem to agree with the OP.
Raine1967
Mar 2014
#89
Sure. I agree with you. This just isnt one of them. This is a deplorable taboo that society punishes
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#136
No, the "whole" does not. One aspect of culture--government enforcement--does.
antigone382
Mar 2014
#202
I refer you to my post #182, which details the statistics of child sex abuse...
antigone382
Mar 2014
#261
My understanding of the report I cited is that this statistic refers to pre-teens.
antigone382
Mar 2014
#265
The link said those percentages were for people sexually abused prior to turning 18
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#267
There's a district attorney in East Texas who refuses to prosecute a serial sex offender.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2014
#242
Well Done! Succinct Distinctions between Rape Culture and "The Rich Get Away with Anything.. ..
2banon
Mar 2014
#157
Please provide a link to Jimmy Carter stating this Du Pont heir got off because of "rape culture"
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#28
Well, this would also go back to white male privilege, would you not agree?
boston bean
Mar 2014
#57
Uh, white trailer trash incestuous pedophiles don't get off due to "white male privilege"
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#61
Really, you don't think that many get off due to the acceptance of their act?
boston bean
Mar 2014
#78
No, because I don't think our culture finds incest and pedophilia as acceptable
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#79
That is serious bullshit. I have NEVER discussed anything like that on DU.
boston bean
Mar 2014
#101
Don't you feel sorry for me and then insult me like I'm some sort of freak
boston bean
Mar 2014
#112
Seriously? You are going to use the "Because you discuss this you must be damaged" argument?
Squinch
Mar 2014
#141
If a culture considers something a gross violation and taboo, normally it punishes it
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#98
I live in a culture that finds incest, pedophilia and child rape as disgusting and deplorable
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#121
In my sheltered life, I've never met a soul in favor of child rape. Not a single fucking person
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#128
How can YOU explain the "low prosectution?" Do you have numbers to back this up?
Atman
Mar 2014
#115
No prison for the rape of a 3 yr old... I don't even know how to respond to this...
Ohio Joe
Mar 2014
#8
You asked for clarification on a somewhat ambiguous use of the word "here"
antigone382
Mar 2014
#215
I'd like a culture where people also don't get their cars stolen or their homes broken into.
Atman
Mar 2014
#63
"I'd like a culture where people also don't get their cars stolen or their homes broken into."
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#226
Downplaying the severity of violent sex crimes. That's rape culture. n/t
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#227
I used to work for a foster care agency. We once had a court order to supervise a visit between
LeftyMom
Mar 2014
#68
Because the judge who made the decision is a product of the culture. He wasn't grown in a vat.
LeftyMom
Mar 2014
#80
You're right, we don't see rapists going free. We see them walking free without ever going to court.
LeftyMom
Mar 2014
#100
Right, rape is not a culture nor is it generally an accepted part of our culture.
phleshdef
Mar 2014
#277
Judge decides rapist of his own children can't be protected by prison system.
Jefferson23
Mar 2014
#113
If there's one thign I've discovered it's that people don't always get sarcasm ...
brett_jv
Mar 2014
#142
What if we discover, as we believe we have with homosexuality, that people are 'born' pedophiles?
brett_jv
Mar 2014
#131
He said it was an "accident"? WTF? How do you accidentally do that. Just more proof that.....
Logical
Mar 2014
#145
Not to mention his infant son. I feel nauseated. Absent incarceration, he will not stop.
Hekate
Mar 2014
#154
This seems more like an example of a 'Money Talks' culture than of a rape culture.
Chemisse
Mar 2014
#199
Maybe a lobotomy, a straight jacket, and a padded room are what this guy needs.
Nolimit
Mar 2014
#210
Literal incarnation of the Pigs running Animal Farm. Guess who goes to the glue factory? n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#220
Yeah, if we could treat sex offenders then we could stop others from getting hurt.
Lunacee_2013
Mar 2014
#247
Has she done the same for other child rapists? And this dude committed incest, and with 2 of his
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#235
Maybe she feels rich criminals are too delicate to deal with prison. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#269
yep. "rape culture" is when jocks and frat boys get away with it. This is a whole different deal
yurbud
Mar 2014
#257
I used to say the rich could eat babies on the White House lawn and not get prosecuted
yurbud
Mar 2014
#258
And others are in prison for possessing some. Great justice system we have here.
Vattel
Mar 2014
#279