You know what's fucked up? Reading this, my first strong reaction was "Kamau, you can't buy something and not get a bag! You know better!!" As a black man, I can't stress how often my parents and older siblings drilled into my head the fact that I could never, ever buy anything without getting a bag and, if possible,…

all reportedly between 13 and 15 years of age. Police are recommending to the district attorney's office that they be charged with first- and second-degree sexual assault of a child.

Reminds me of the time I lost my wallet and the cop I reported it to arrested me for robbing myself.

I've given it a lot of thought, and I think it comes down to this "wild bear" mentality. The flawed assumption is that men are wild animals who cannot be held responsible for their behavior. In this worldview, all women are Timothy Treadwell and all men are the grizzlies that ate him. It's not the bears' fault,…

The crazy thing is that even when women "stay in their roles" rape still happens. Stay at home moms get raped (often by their spouses, which many conservatives say cannot happen). Traditional "femme" women get raped. Church-going women get raped. NUNS have gotten raped, for crying out loud (and yes, I've met one).

Are women strong enough to take care of themselves, or are they not strong enough to take care of themselves?

And men can be naughty and get raped too. You can feel free to replace "woman" with "anyone" in my original comment if it makes you feel better.

Hey Dionne!

Saying that woman who likes to go out and have sex (which is what I assume she means when she says "be naughty") in any way deserve to be raped is as stupid as saying that anyone who likes to go shopping and spend a lot of money deserves to be robbed.

This is way harsh, Tai.

not a hottie, but still somehow valuable, somehow...like SOMEHOW she did it guys. weird, wacky stuff.

You mean even women who are very accomplished are judged more on their looks than on their accomplishments?

Something something Old Testament doesn't count anymore except for the bits about the gays in Leviticus.

Yeah, the fact that the same people are against quality sex ed and birth control shows that it's not about the fetus's "life" at all — it's about controlling women and their sexuality.

I basically made my Kinja account because in several of these posts I have wanted to say this - I have always been pro choice, but having a child now makes me even more baffled and horrified by this kind of behavior (or I guess of rabid pro lifers - threatening violence is always horrifying).

Thanks for the label, we thought it was a Fifty Shades omnibus.

Yeah, my mom has clearly been faking the whole "deaf in one ear because of measles" thing for over sixty years.

I was honestly pretty meh about this idea until the screeching backlash started.

how in the ever loving FUCK can one accidentally RAPE A BABY? I know some parents will defend their shitty children when the child is accused of a crime. But lady, your son is accused of raping AND MURDERING your grandchild.

Honestly it's shit like this that makes me go, "Death penalty? Meh. I'll allow it."