Reply #7: I lived next door to a 14 year old who was raped at 7 and 10 [View All]

[Hekate]

before she moved to my neighborhood. Both times by men who knew her family -- I think the second guy wondered what it would be like to "do it" to a child who'd already "been done."

When I was in my teens a 13-year old girl was pulled off the street by a carful of men -- after they were charged with her rape they had the gall to say "she didn't look 13."

Vulnerable is vulnerable.

The Duke stripper/dancer is making some poor choices in life, but it does NOT give anyone license to rape her, either with their penis or a broomstick.

Incidentally, something that's not been mentioned is the great disparity between what she got paid for this kind of work versus what she could get paid for being -- say -- a sales clerk or office worker or the like.

I worked my way through college as a sales clerk, and let me tell you the wages were pathetic. I supported my children as a secretary, and if my ex hadn't been paying a little child support, groceries would not have been in my budget. (Read Nickled and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.)

I, with my pride and all that stuff, would actually have been way too scared to do the kind of work this woman does (or did) because of the risks involved. But you know, I will not sit in judgment on any woman who decides to take the risk. Women's wages suck.

Hekate