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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)No one considered that acceptable behavior other than rapist cretins even back then. Just as now the same type of rapist cretins think it's acceptable behavior. No male in my family would ever God damn dream of doing such a disgusting thing and never hang out with anyone that did and would very likely clobber whatever cretin was in their midst trying to do it and calling the police.
What was different is how much the judicial system DESPITE the law was willing to apportion enough blame on the female victim for her "bad female" behavior whether it was how she dressed, where she went, what time she was there, whether or not she drank or did drugs, whether or now she was considered "loose" sexually, etc. so that the rapists weren't often punished for it. Why? Because it was still so much of a male dominated society where there were plenty of male police, male lawyers, male judges and male and "good female" jurors that were willing to let off a rapist because they DID believe that "bad females" were always somewhat responsible for being raped because of their "bad female" actions.
And those people still exist. There just isn't so many of them anymore through education over time and women becoming part of the judicial system from police officers, judges, lawyers, etc. that those excuses just don't cut it anymore though it sure doesn't stop the cretins that believe "bad female" behavior makes such a female somewhat responsible for being raped that they seek out other excuses to try letting a rapist off like the "maybe she likes rough sex" excuse or the "maybe she wasn't really passed out but just really drunk" excuse or the "impossible to rape someone when they're asleep" excuse, etc.... the latter I might add was all over DU when the Assange rape story first came out completely conveniently forgetting that it's rape upon the very moment of penetration, not when the rapist has completed the rape.
I absolutely agree that until taking full responsibility for his actions instead of blaming it on the rapist cretins he hung out with at the time and their pressuring him the confession is not only totally meaningless but an affront. As a victim of rape I'm sickened that any quasi-admitted rapist is allowed to be here when they still haven't taken that full responsibility for their actions.