Thank you, Anonymous. At least you had a father to teach you what is acceptable behavior and what is not. As a black woman feminist, it's easy to fall into extreme pessimism about the degradation of women in this society (movies, music, music videos, television) and the desensitization of young people to all this ugliness that now represents our "culture." And it's easy to feel hateful: I understand this was a young white woman. Now a rape happens every 2 minutes in this country and 44% of the victims are under eighteen (quoting Rachel Simmons of Huffington Post - let's hope she did her homework; I have not.) While I'm glad for any attention to this issue, is the victim's race why we are focusing - with such unified outrage - on this one case, when this crime is so prevalent? My pessimism makes me think so. But it's wonderful to hear from a young man like yourself who actually cares. Makes me think there may be hope for us after all. zane
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Thank you, Anonymous. At least you had a father to teach you what is acceptable behavior and what is not. As a black woman feminist, it's easy to fall into extreme pessimism about the degradation of women in this society (movies, music, music videos, television) and the desensitization of young people to all this ugliness that now represents our "culture." And it's easy to feel hateful: I understand this was a young white woman. Now a rape happens every 2 minutes in this country and 44% of the victims are under eighteen (quoting Rachel Simmons of Huffington Post - let's hope she did her homework; I have not.) While I'm glad for any attention to this issue, is the victim's race why we are focusing - with such unified outrage - on this one case, when this crime is so prevalent? My pessimism makes me think so. But it's wonderful to hear from a young man like yourself who actually cares. Makes me think there may be hope for us after all. zane
October 31, 2009 - 11:45amThis Comment
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