We live in a country full of racism, but no racists; rape, but no rapists. And the common denominator is power. To believe a rape survivor’s word over that of her male classmate, colleague, teacher, or superior officer is to upset the natural order of things, privileging the voice with less cultural authority over the one we expect to have all the answers. ... We will go to truly amazing lengths to stick to this pattern of individualizing the problem and/or finding ways to blame the victim. ... Rape happens, but none of these are rape victims, and none of those they accuse are rapists. Somewhere, there is an ideal victim and an ideal perpetrator. But not here, not in the messy inconvenient spaces where victims aren’t golden-haired princesses snatched out of their towers and rapists aren’t nameless moral black holes with no past and no future, with only THE RAPE as the defining characteristic of their entire existence. feministing/2014/12/11/we-live-in-a-country-full-of-racism-but-no-racists-rape-but-no-rapists/
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:27:42 +0000
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