You’re comparing apples to oranges. The cultural context for gender from about the time we as humans started subsistence farming has had men at a distinct advantage over women. That’s thousands of years of oppression. Because of that context, which can never be erased, a woman joking about how men should shut up will…

This isn’t just his family. It’s the whole town. Of course you can still love someone or admit that they’ve also done good things, but that doesn’t mean you treat a victim like this. That doesn’t mean he should get a pass and she gets treated like an outcast.

It doesn’t matter if this guy personally saved thousands of kittens from a burning building, he still committed a crime and deserves to be punished. I don’t see what’s so wrong with that. Having a nuanced opinion works both ways. He may not be all bad, but he certainly isn’t all good either. If something has no…

The thing is that the way things “should be” and the way things are aren’t the same. Of course everyone should have the pleasure of their partner(s) in mind. But that’s just not reality as it is right now. Of course it should be equal, but it’s not. You can’t fix that without subverting these shitty opinions. You do…

Look. I get what you’re going for here, but I’ll have to disagree for two reasons. The first is personal and the second is more theory-based.

Then it should have been dropped to a rape charge. Nonconsensual is still rape and it’s possible for a judge to change the charges.

Most people here are angry that the forcible rape charge wasn’t applied, thus resulting in the light sentencing. As others have pointed out, the judge acknowledges that a forcible rape likely took place. A judge can overturn a jury’s decision if they need to, and that clearly didn’t happen here. So since the judge…

Except that this is the second article on this site on this subject. The first one details all of this missing information. Maybe she assumed most people would have read the first article and maybe that wasn’t the best assumption, but you can’t act like these things haven’t already been discussed by this website.

Dunno about witches, but she is probably related to me and the Sforza clan, best known for ruling Milan during the Renaissance, commissioning Da Vinci, and, well Caterina Sforza’s antics.

If teachers and staff can’t find reasonable, non-violent ways of dealing with difficult students, they shouldn’t be working with children. It’s truly that simple. It’s pretty obvious to me that you’re trolling, but I don’t really care. You’re not edgy or funny. You’re just wrong.

But you can see why I might think that based on this statement, “Let’s start preventing sexual violence rather than punishing offenders after they’ve already harmed someone irrevocably.”

And children once they are born. No foodstamps, no education, no housing, no safe adoptions.

So are gay people virgins forever then? That’s ridiculous.

What are these phallic objects everyone is holding? They look like sex toys.

Why are you trying to hold me accountable for things you think the people who run this website believe?

We do have that for all crimes. If you’re convicted of a crime, it goes on your record. That record is available for anyone who does a background check on you. Most housing renters and employers will run a background check before they take someone on. So if you suspected someone of being a murderer, you could run a…

You’re comparing apples to oranges. Yes, sexual assault is considered a violent crime, but it is not comparable to murder. They are different crimes with, often, very different motivations. So you bring up murder, but no one here is advocating keeping sex offenders in prison forever. I’m not sure why you’re making…

I’m sorry, you’re advocating for...not punishing sex crimes? Why can’t we work toward preventing sexual violence and punish those who hurt someone irrevocably?

He’s not a minor. He’s 19.

How will we know when they are rehabilitated? How do you test that? Will we be 100% able to weed out those who are “truly rehabilitated” from those who are really good liars? Who will determine what rehabilitation means? Are there any proven effective methods to rehabilitate rapists yet?