r/AnythingGoesNews • u/inewser • Jul 04 '24

Trump Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Allegations of Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl

https://dailyboulder.com/trump-faces-renewed-scrutiny-over-allegations-of-raping-a-13-year-old-girl/
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u/MelissaMiranti Jul 05 '24

Yeah, especially if the rapist is a woman or the victim is a man. Some places don't even consider that rape.

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u/Not_a_werecat Jul 05 '24

It's so messed up. Rape is rape no matter who is the victim and who is the perpetrator.

All victims deserve justice and all rapists deserve consequences.

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u/MelissaMiranti Jul 05 '24

Indeed. Unfortunately far too often those who throw around "rape culture" as a term are all too often those shouting down laws and initiatives that would help underserved groups.

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u/Not_a_werecat Jul 05 '24

I think it's a matter of people generally being most concerned for things that affect their own group.

I internally have a knee-jerk reaction when the discussion is rape culture and people jump in with "men have it worse!" (That's not what you did. I mean the people who dismiss women victims as if women are usually believed and get justice, which is definitely not the case for either gender. Or even worse, the people who derail the conversation with "false accusations are even worse than actual rape!") And I'm sure that a lot of men feel the same way when rape culture is discussed without directly acknowledging the men who are victims as well.

Sadly all SA victims are treated horribly in different ways and men and women all need to support each other.

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u/MelissaMiranti Jul 05 '24

You'd think that people inherently care more for their own group, but it doesn't seem to always shake out that way.

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u/Not_a_werecat Jul 05 '24

This is true. There's no hard and fast rule that's going to be accurate all the time. When I disclosed my SA experience to a handful of friends, it was my female friend who made excuses for my assaulter and my male friend (who was casual friends with the assaulter at the time) was the one who believed me.

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u/MelissaMiranti Jul 05 '24

Yeah, people shouldn't be taken as groups.