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History of Feminism

redqueen

(115,177 posts)

10. Exactly.

Reply to KitSileya (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 12:03 PM

Jan 2014

It's fucking heartbreaking.

When people question the existence of rape culture or even just attempt to minimize it, it truly affects my appreciation of their character as a human being.

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One Of The Steubenville Rapists Has Been Freed After 9 Months [View all] LanternWaste Jan 2014 OP

Richmond’s punishment is over but the pain will never end for his victim. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #1

For all the deniers of rape culture BainsBane Jan 2014 #2

Of course ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #3

Oh yeah, he endured hardness beyond imagine. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #4

We forget the real victim here, the football team that was forced geek tragedy Jan 2014 #5

My heart bleeds for what he has had to "endure". MadrasT Jan 2014 #6

And let's not ignore the most condemning paragraph of the article - KitSileya Jan 2014 #7

I'm not reading it. redqueen Jan 2014 #8

I did go to the link because it was a comment on the press release, KitSileya Jan 2014 #9

Exactly. redqueen Jan 2014 #10

I'm surprised he even served that long. historylovr Jan 2014 #11

Funny how one African-American kid who committed rape was treated sympathetically by the media nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #12