Except that's not what he said. He chose to focus on the "lack of bravery" of the girls who have not come forward. This sort of attitude is common among law enforcement and we frequently hear things along these lines, from outright victim-blaming to the more subtle victim-blaming shown here, from them in…

Agreed.

Actually, he may be on to something: I'm pretty sure "bigger than zero" is exactly how the fashion industry defines "plus-size."

I get what you're saying, and I touched on this in another post, but I'm getting so tired of law enforcement's "DERP DERP, I can't seem to use the appropriate fucking words in this statement to the media and now I look like an obtuse asshole" when discussing high-profile rapes.

I really think they're Australian. The acting seems to get a lot better when they are actually portraying Australian crimes, which seems to happen quite a bit on that show.

If anything, people are disproportionately obsessed with the idea of women who kill.

Don't forget the Australian reenactment actors with terrible American accents!

In public there is actually very little talk about female murderers.

You mean you fixed it for Inspector Bruce Scott of the Auckland Police?

Dammit.

Not really.

They fired you? Noooooooo. I don't want it, you can have it back.

You've got it backwards.

I don't doubt it in the least.

"Maybe it's not "bravery" they lack, but a sense of understanding that the police will do their fucking job and go after these little fuckstains before they cause something far worse to happen."

My favorite is the disingenuous response from misogynist trolls. "What, you're not saying that women who come forward aren't brave, are you?"

O hai, rapists!

I think you're way off base here. yvanehtnioj was being bitingly sarcastic, i.e., she agrees with you.

You win today's coveted Tragically Obtuse and Missing the Point awards.

Of course it does. But terrified teenagers don't deserve the implication that they're not brave.