May the rest of his life be filled with as much suffering as possible.

Yes, this discussion about getting appropriate sentencing for rapists is DEFINITELY the time for you to split hairs about feminism and equality. Did it maybe occur to you that this person meant being “on top” as joining white men in being on top where they already are?

except that nobody did that in this instance? and if someone HAD recorded it we’d actually have an unbiased recording of what had happened so the school couldn’t deflect blame and the kids would be punished?

Fair enough, that’s a good point, thank you!

This is an interesting moment for a lot of young activists and progressives, particularly people of color, who are like... I guess?

But don’t you see? You can rape someone and still be a good person!! *slowly tearing off pieces of my own face in anger*

I’m so glad we have this brave woman to devalue the traumas of other women and defend rape culture! Farewell last threadbare scrap of faith I had in the human race, I hardly knew ye

I hope some very, very bad things happen to him in prison. Make his life hell.

Plus, it’s not like he’s going to learn a ton about respecting women in prison...

I mean, I have to say I kind of hate it when people say “oh doesn’t everyone deal with this stuff?” because generally (in my experience, and friends’ experience) it makes people with depression/suicidal ideation/etc. feel like they’re just too ‘weak’ to cope with stuff that everyone else apparently can deal with fine.…

Seriously, as a feminist, I do not appreciate other women saying this kind of stuff on our behalf. -_-

Exactly, that’s what I always come back to whenever people mention ‘mental illness’ as a cause for this kind of violence. I was super depressed and self-hating as a teen and never hurt anyone, because girls are told to blame themselves for their loneliness instead of other people. So mental illness can definitely give…

It’s amazing how girls also get rejected, bullied, struggle with schizophrenia, etc. etc. and still don’t commit murder at nearly the rate that men do, isn’t it? I wonder why that is...

Sooo is it permissible to just roundhouse-kick that kind of douchebag in the teeth, or...?

If you’d defend your son for raping a woman then you’re a shit father.

oh 100%.

You... must be kidding, right? People can’t actually be that sickeningly awful, right? What the fuck??

Hahahaha no way buddy. There are certain crimes I can forgive as just a ‘bad decision,’ but rape is not one of them. Getting caught with drug possession is a minor offence that wouldn’t change my overall opinion of the person, but rape is the active decision to violate another person’s bodily autonomy. It is cruel,…

I’m so sorry you’re having to go through all this. It really churns my stomach that people can do such horrible things and go on to live perfectly normal lives while their victims are the only ones left with the consequences.

Fuck off.