This is for some reason not reported in international outlets at all but last week three men in Denmark got acquitted of gang raping a woman who was unconscious because of a combination of alcohol and insulin shock (she is diabetic). Reason for the acquittal? She didn’t actively resist this they couldn’t have known…

The idea of bodily autonomy for women is therefore such a “new concept” that even several waves of laws passed over the last century still have major gaps like this, since clueless lawmakers were still focused on the stranger assaulting someone in the dark kind of rape or the idea of vaginal or anal rape as the only…

Keep doing it. Keeeeeeeeeep aligning yourself with racists, Trump. Our country is diverse and many of those non-white voters are terrified of you. Dig your own grave, buddy. (eta: I realize this is about his supporters, not him, but like, come on)

I had trouble picking which one most matched my reaction.

Yeah, it’s a very depressing reminder of how much sexual assault is a “modern” crime. We have literally centuries of case law about what is a regular assault or a regular battery, going back to the earliest recorded cases in the 13th century. But the idea that touching a woman’s body sexually was a distinct crime is…

ohh i clearly see now, if person is incapacitated physically and mentally, anything can be done to you and it would be considered consensually.

The second half of your comment is spot on, but to clarify the first half — it is considered rape if the person is unconscious or intoxicated, but rape in that case is defined as vaginal and anal penetration only. This specific case was about oral sex so it was under a different law.

A PSA for sexually violent Oklahomans: it’s not rape if she’s unconscious! Wanna rape someone, buddy? Just make sure she’s too asleep to consent, and you’re all set! No jail time!*

But, you know, they’re really concerned that a guy might put on a dress to go into the ladies’ room and assault someone. Whereupon they’ll do nothing about it anyway, probably, but hey.

*dies of embarrassment from being an Oklahoman*

Hey, boys will be boys held unaccountable for their actions by the law.

What the fuck? So people in this ass-backwards state can rape anyone they want as long as the person is too intoxicated to consent, or just plain unconscious? THIS IS WHY WE NEED FEMINISM. This is why we need a fair representation of women as lawmakers. This is also why we need SMART PEOPLE, and not science deniers,…

its only the morning and i already can’t with today. i hope the girl is able to find support and heal.

I’d rather blame the people who peddle the narrative than the ones who buy it.

It’s not just white privilege though. There are a lot of closet sexists among Bernie supporters who claim they hate Hillary because of her platform but really, their dislike is in large part fuelled by the fact that she’s a woman, even though they’ll never admit it.

Their reaction to my pain is why I’m so angry.

Oh NOOOoooooo, no. I think you’re misunderstanding what I mean when I talk about empathizing and understanding—empathizing, I think, is the best (maybe only?) way TO change their views. You have to understand the perspective that people are coming from in order to frame the narrative you’re presenting in a way that…

Ah yes, I forgot about my most important role as a woman in America: Keep your opinions to yourself and never ever put your own interests first, lest you alienate white male voters.

Honestly, I think one of the worst things to happen this election cycle is Gawker’s decision to become a political blog. HamNo has never written a single thing that hasn’t made me want to vomit.