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In reply to the discussion: 2 Torrington CT HS football players charged with raping 13 year old. Victim bullied on social media [View all]justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)12. The "boys will be boys" mentality shows just how little regard there is towards women
or young girls, IMO. Since when is it okay for 18 yr-old young men to rape 13 yr old girls? How is this normal "boys will be boys" behavior?
Meanwhile, there is social media "wilding" in regards to the victim. I guess that's just "kids being kids" if raping children is just "boys being boys."
It sickens me how people react to rape victims, particularly when that victim is a young child, who doesn't have the emotional and mental capacity that adult rape victims have (who have trouble overcoming their rapes as adults).
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2 Torrington CT HS football players charged with raping 13 year old. Victim bullied on social media [View all]
cali
Mar 2013
OP
When humans think they're going to lose something they love, they turn.
knitter4democracy
Mar 2013
#1
Ben Roethlisberger. rapist. and cheered. he redeemed himself last year? by taking them to a
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#4
Ben paid the staff of the bar to scrub down the bathroom where the alleged rape ....
Botany
Mar 2013
#20
technically he is a rapist. one can rape and because they are not convicted, that does not mean he
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#23
Give up, almost everyone here is a "politically correct" judge, jury and executioner.
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#54
the man should have been shunned by the public instead of redeemed. polanski should be shunned
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#25
I'm not calling you a republican, but playing with words and the failures within the system...
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2013
#35
i guess since there is so much denial toward the rape culture, here on du. the continual story
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#3
ha ha. double denial to deny the denial. lmfao. i can point out OPs that stand, not to mention
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#14
really? i dont know. seems like administration is continuallly telling us to speak up and out.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#42
The "boys will be boys" mentality shows just how little regard there is towards women
justiceischeap
Mar 2013
#12
The kids learn these attitudes parents & from the Republican War on Women. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2013
#26
actually, it shows that words and concepts mean EVERYTHING! It's just that the words and concepts
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2013
#48
what bothers me, in the process of an attempt to deconstruct this, we are attacked on du. yet, the
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#51
i knew everyone. friends with all. i didnt do cliques. and did not particularly see the mean girl
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#92
actually, i think it is the left over of third wave of individualism and we are in the process of
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#53
of course. Girls have always known they're lesser, and an EASY way to gain power is to side
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2013
#57
How the tables would turn if an 18 yo girls volleyball player raped a 13 yo boy. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2013
#27
Obviously those calling the 13 yo rape victim a "whore" would call the 18 yo girl rapist a whore too
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2013
#36
true that. the 18 yr old would be a whore and the 13 yr old gets a pat on the back. BUT...
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#44
the 12 yr old called slut by classmates and had never kissed a boy that killed herself.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#49
first... it is the name calling that cause the girls to commit suicide from social media, with
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#75
having two boys and dealing with their emotional drama and trauma on a regular basis,
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#80
If I was that girls father those people better hope I don't know where they live. n/t
SpartanDem
Mar 2013
#39
FYI- That's a major reason women do not report rape- fear their family will react with retribution
bettyellen
Mar 2013
#115
"One player, the team’s second-highest scorer last fall, was allowed to play" ?
nonoyes
Mar 2013
#63
It has been said that sports have always been in the forefront of social reform . . .
radicalliberal
Mar 2013
#69
It's a complex subject to be sure. I'm a long-time sports fan but I recognize the ugly side of it.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2013
#107
Well I certainly don't think the majority are as bad as say, Ben Roethlisberger.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2013
#110
(Written in a friendly tone) Just to be sure I'm not misunderstood (as I apparently was in . . .
radicalliberal
Mar 2013
#114
If I am working in that school district, I shop there before heading home to Terryville.
Jennicut
Mar 2013
#113