He fits the profile of a rapist. The trend is always to scrutinize the behaviour/personality of the victim particularly over things that have absolutely nothing to do with rape e.g promiscuity and then dismiss the obvious red flags of a predator. So you have cases where guys do things like recording & sharing …

Shit. Well, then...let’s run with crazy bitch!

How ironic given that the film goes much further back that 15 years, (almost two centuries back) at a time when blacks were defined as property and considered sub-human . Which side did Nate intend us to root for in this drama? Who are we meant to be empathising with? Has enough time passed for us to view it as…

He doesn’t get it anymore than the men who batter their partners when “provoked” or teens who kill for their parents for cramping their style or life insurance “owed” to them, get it. People like him routinely justify their actions to themselves. No one likes to think of themselves as a bad person, even when they are.

“My favorite thing is when, as an abuse survivor myself, I get told by a stranger that I’m downplaying rape because I don’t use the exact words they approve of.”