By: samanthab
Well, Travis, except that almost every victim is going to go through hell when they report their rape. I know you’re just repeating tropes, but I do find the “select victims carefully” line of argument...
View ArticleBy: Matarij
The ‘great seducer?’ This is just a synonym for ‘arrogant prick’ at the very least and ‘serial abuser’ and ‘rapist’ at worst. It is completely obvious that he has regularly overstepped the boundaries...
View ArticleBy: attie
Aaaaaaaaaaand OF COURSE Bernard Henry Levy just jumped on the bandwagon, and he’s not even remotely subtle about it: “Défense de Dominique Strauss-Kahn”. Apparently rape accusations are some kind of...
View ArticleBy: Lindsay Beyerstein
The rule in France is that the press doesn’t publish pictures of the accused in handcuffs unless they’ve been convicted. That doesn’t mean that the authorities never handcuff anyone on the way to...
View ArticleBy: Siobhan
I truly don’t understand the whole “he was rich, she was poor, of course he wouldn’t deign to soil himself on her.” Maybe my classism goes the other way… “he was rich, of COURSE he felt he had the...
View ArticleBy: Siobhan
er, “THOUGHT he had the right.” And of course a poor woman isn’t a person, just a place to stick his dick, so not even a thought given.
View ArticleBy: Marie
I think France has dodged a bullet here. If DSK really is a rapist (and the evidence doesn’t look good for him), then it’s a good thing he won’t be able to run for office anymore. We owe the Anonymous...
View ArticleBy: Sarah
This is all speculation and conjecture. Let the courts decide whether he’s guilty or not. He deserves a right to a fair trial does he not? The presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of America’s...
View ArticleBy: Toitle
“This is all speculation and conjecture. Let the courts decide whether he’s guilty or not. He deserves a right to a fair trial does he not?” He does, actually! So it’s a good thing that none of us are...
View ArticleBy: G.F.
Why is it that the people of the public are supposed to assume that a man is “innocent until proven guilty” of raping someone, but not to assume that a survivor is innocent of false reporting? Is that...
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