Yeah, this attitude just smacks of "well she was apparently repeatedly sexually assaulted and humiliated and then called a lying whore by many people in her town and a frightening proportion of the internet, but she was seen tossing a freakin' ball around, so it was probably no big deal."

It's kind of irrelevant though. Everyone makes occasionally poor decisions throughout their life, drunk or sober- doesn't mean they have to accept violence as a result. Maybe that girl was walking down a dark alley because it's her fastest route to work?

I'm also shocked by the number of people calling for the victim to be charged with underage drinking, as though that wouldn't be an entirely callous and wasteful use of police resources. And the large number of people saying this like "no respectable girl would be out drinking at age 16" are either neck-deep in denial…

There are a couple out there that support similar findings; the one I referenced above was on the Crisis Connection website which is easy to find, and this university of Michigan article:

There are a couple out there that support similar findings; the one I referenced above was on the Crisis Connection website which is easy to find, and this university of Michigan article:

I don't think it's so much that they cried, but that the media spent a disproportionate amount of time dwelling on their entirely self-inflicted misery and acting like that somehow made up for everything they did. I'm also not convinced they've realized anything as self-aware as what you've described. The complete…

I'd disagree that they aren't "normally functioning" human beings. The reality is that rape isn't always committed by monsters or psychopaths; as the article suggests, it's frequently committed by normal people, even by apparently "nice guys." A recent study (I can link if you would like) found that 43% of its…

I'd absolutely agree that our attitudes toward rapists are hugely problematic; while rape is an undoubtedly terrible and brutal thing to inflict on another person, the reality is that it's one many ordinary people are perfectly capable of committing (as demonstrated by recent studies that show people will more readily…

I got the impression that the area in which the rape occurred is known for high numbers of criminals hiding out there; that they stole some of the couple's belongings probably helped in identifying them, but I suspect you're right in that someone recognized this case had the capacity to be highly publicized and there…

I don't think it's necessary to repeatedly declare that the location of this particular crime is irrelevant. We all know violent rapes happen in all countries- given the events of the last few days that's something that's now especially apparent- but it's clear that many Indians do feel that this is an issue their…

I do agree with you in general- rape survivors have so much shit heaped on them by society that it's unhelpful for us to knowingly add any more. However, in this specific case I do wonder about how difficult moving on will be for the victim; her case has been so widely publicized, and it's highly likely that in her…

All I'll say is that as a Welsh person living in America, I feel well and truly shafted by this arrangement. Why does no-one in this country want to gorge themselves on Welsh cakes, compose 18-stanza poems about daffodils and get drunk and maudlin while listening to male-voice choirs and reading out loud the trippiest…

That's something that can't be said enough. I recently stumbled across this website:

What a needlessly unpleasant thing to say.

Yep, I felt the same way. I also felt that their initial response, while obviously being terrible, was pretty much how you'd expect a mainstream business to react- in perceived defense of their profit line. It's great that maybe now they and other publications can see that in fact having good ethics as a company can…

I kind of agree about the bitterness of the press, but...when designers move houses it's kind of expected that they will tailor their signature look a little to fit in with the house aesthetic- because if it's not recognizably of a certain distinction the whole thing just looks a bit like a farce. This doesn't look…

Yarp. I felt that way about the Saint Laurent line as well; while some of the individual pieces were quite nice there was nothing there you couldn't track down for less than half the price at a vintage store, even though a lot of vintage is really expensive these days. And the Rhianna line would look good on a small…

You could possibly have it remodeled again, if you don't mind spending a little (I'm sure you could find a cheaper place now, what with the internet and all...). I have a nice fur jacket I got from a charity shop I used to volunteer at (they wouldn't have been able to sell it, so I gave then $15 and took it instead)…

I am dubious as to the moral iniquity of fur when considered on a global scale. Obviously, I'm not talking about the deliberately horrendous production methods that go into a lot of fur production (whether modern or vintage) but as a hypothetical. If you could source humanly reared and killed fur, for example, is that…

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