I'm a little disappointed because I wanted him to be convicted in court. I think that would have set a better example than him getting killed. But considering that justice is often rare in rape cases, this is not a bad outcome. At least there is one fewer rapists walking off free.

I'm a minority, low income woman myself...Still the biggest issue for me is gender inequality. If we focus on ALL the other issues First, like you said, men and women still won't be equal until the end. Frankly why does gender inequality has to wait until all the other issues and privileges are solved? Women have…

Because women are the vast majority of domestic violence victims, so they are the priority.

Whew! Good news of the day. Now I can bear to read more bad news of how various states are conniving to restrict abortion access. Bring them on.

It is an Islamic issue in this case, because a cleric issued the decree and he has religious authority. It maybe fundamentalist Islam, but it is still Islam. This unpleasant, non-idealistic Islam is the reality many people live with. I think trying to separate religion and culture is just avoiding the issue here.

I followed that disturbing "spider" link and learned the defendant was eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison. At least that's some good news. Real "smart" of his lawyer to have made that comment.

Simple rule: just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean you are right and they are wrong. And going about telling people they are overreacting is not a smart move, since it shows you are incapable of/unwilling to see things from their perspective.

Her response isn't rant. Your comment is more like a rant, since you are using this space to vent your personal disapproval of a woman stating her opinion. She made a very mature response to a troll. If that offends you, please go back to the bubble you were living in, since opinionated women are everywhere and we are…

A lot of people have already done the victim blaming, and you don't really need to join in. Try something different. Like reminding potential rapists that rape is definitely NOT a good idea. Now that's an advice we don't get nearly enough of.

I agree. The two didn't go to jail for the crime, so they have already been protected enough by the screwed up justice system. They don't deserve the additional protection of anonymity.

But not because he is a man.

A lot of people would still blame the teens, unfortunately. Victim-blaming is inevitable regardless of the victim's gender. In the male-perpetrator female-victim case, I would say the blaming is motivated by misogyny. Here, I don't know. It almost seems like a knee-jerk reaction to a lot of people, to automatically…