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DBoon

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26. rape is *always* about power

Reply to forgotmylogin (Reply #22)

Fri Feb 9, 2018, 06:28 PM

Feb 2018

If gratification were the goal, masturbation would be the result, not rape

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High-School Coach Ignored Boys Screams as Teammates Raped Him, Lawsuit Claims [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2018 OP

What kind of a crap situation was this kid in ... knightmaar Feb 2018 #1

Just sickening Ohiogal Feb 2018 #2

Exactly. Shut them down. AllyCat Feb 2018 #8

+1,000,000,000 ailsagirl Feb 2018 #15

+2,000,000,000 iluvtennis Feb 2018 #23

At LEAST!!!!!! ailsagirl Feb 2018 #38

La Vernia - Helluva sign dalton99a Feb 2018 #3

How outrageous pandr32 Feb 2018 #4

Apparently we need to keep boys They_Live Feb 2018 #5

Shades of Dennis Hastert keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #27

just a bunch of shit Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #6

What in the entire hell is wrong with people??? AllyCat Feb 2018 #7

Sports. Texas. Aristus Feb 2018 #9

You forgot one.... yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #25

Unfortunately there's more - just google La Vernia MarcA Feb 2018 #42

No words.... Pachamama Feb 2018 #10

Me neither backtoblue Feb 2018 #40

Something odd about this story. 30 times? Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #11

The city only has a population of 1,200. Maybe they felt trapped, embarrassed, all RKP5637 Feb 2018 #14

Nothing odd at all . Look at all those gymnasts recently repeatedly abused by that doctor lunasun Feb 2018 #32

That's not the same thing, though. Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #41

If this were my son, I would be inclined to do violence Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #12

Creepy: Mugshots: La Vernia athletics hazing scandal arrests climb to 13 RKP5637 Feb 2018 #13

Wow. Unspeakable evil... SunSeeker Feb 2018 #19

Most of them adults now. Adults when they molested a minor? keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #30

Regardless of legalities, it is still Child Abuse n/t MarcA Feb 2018 #37

For several years what ? The OP mentions one person , one sport season. Is this a tradition? lunasun Feb 2018 #34

Sick, disgusting fucks! smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #36

It's apparently a thing-- dawg day Feb 2018 #16

The Hastert Rule? nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #20

I was wondering that too . Was it a minority student? We won't know and shouldn't lunasun Feb 2018 #33

Sounds like Texas. Nitram Feb 2018 #17

"targeted at least 10 victims and spanned more than three years" IronLionZion Feb 2018 #18

So some of these guys are closeted gays? kimbutgar Feb 2018 #21

I don't know the perpetrators' actual orientations, but... forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #22

And for maximum injury, they often use an instrument dawg day Feb 2018 #24

Yep, agree, it's more about sadistic activities, humiliation and pain than sexual orientation IMO. RKP5637 Feb 2018 #29

rape is *always* about power DBoon Feb 2018 #26

Probably none are gay. lunasun Feb 2018 #35

It doesn't take being gay to have a sick need to humiliate and show your power over someone. moriah Feb 2018 #44

This has nothing to do with being gay. Your post is deeply offensive. yardwork Feb 2018 #46

This is machismo in action. radicalliberal Feb 2018 #28

So, the perp's had this done to them, too janterry Feb 2018 #31

Authoritarian institutional culture of abuse/bullying MarcA Feb 2018 #39

Something similiar was a ritual in the Navy Kaleva Feb 2018 #43

May they all get prison sentences! burrowowl Feb 2018 #45