I don't think it's a 'hip to hate' thing, to be totally honest. There are a lot of countries in the world that have bat shit craziness going on. The difference with America is that its head of state is the self-proclaimed leader of the free world, it constantly describes itself as the most important country in the…

The U.S. has officially lost its right to tell other countries that their style of democratic government should be adopted. **Egypt**

I was thinking that, as well as....

In a weird way, because of Dugard's decision to remove herself from public life, she has become defined by her name and what happened to her.

Your headline is gross as shit. Elizabeth Smart - and all women - are more than their worst experiences. And she always was.

The fact that there is any amount of snark and derision towards Jaycee Dugard is FUCKING ASTONISHING considering what site we are on. That little girl was not only raped pretty much daily for the better part of a decade, she was forced to give birth to two children. She was in captivity for 18 years, which is an…

Why the Jaycee Dugard snark? She was 11 when she was kidnapped, and held for 18 *years.* What's with the People Magazine readers snark? Those who also sympathize with Jaycee Dugard are dumb People-magazine readers? Ridiculous and reprehensible. I read Dugard's book (in between issues of People) and what…

Geez, I saw the headline and my kneejerk reaction was that I would see too many comments along the lines of "can we stop giving attention to a woman who reacts extraordinarily to a sexual assault situation thereby delegitimizing my reaction?" Or something along those lines, because those comments annoy the shit out of…

I feel like this article could have been written without the "Elizabeth Smart is awesome, in contrast to Jaycee Duggard" angle.

this is rich, coming from this site, who will not just delete posts and comments, but ban people without informing them (even after they request it) why.

Yes, I am. Way to try to wield an inclusive movement against a victim. Having sex with an 8 year old is wrong and abusive. How are you even asking this question?

We already knew he was abused. Now we know he was raped. An STILL, it's cool to hate him with impunity, with no caveats for circumstance. It's not cool, and it is clearly racially based at this point. It's ticking me off. Even more so because now I'm fucking defending Chris Brown.

Chris Brown has a singular talent for making it impossible to sympathize with him even if he’s recounting a vaguely traumatic incident from his childhood. You know, like that time he lost his virginity to teenage girl. When he was eight.

"vaguely traumatic"? The hell, Doug Barry?

So, wait. Some of the comments here don't sit well with me.

Are you kidding me? Most people didn't talk openly about rape in the mid-80s. Most women then would have been ashamed to admit to this. Rape meant being "sullied." NOBODY talked about being raped. Certainly no one famous.

Wow really Jezebel? So if Madonna says she was raped at gunpoint or knifepoint you don't believe her? But you believe everyone else? I fear for the comments about Miley Cyrus if she gets raped and the story is posted on Jezebel.

Nope, she talked about it at least as early as 1995: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-11-28/new…

Yes America, some gunfire will surely remedy the situation.

All I can say is thank god for the NHS although if the bloody Tories get their way we will get like you guys, i.e. a country for the rich and sod the rest. Don't think our public sector can be shut down tho. For which I am eternally grateful