rape as punishment

[karadinart]

“The rapist as force of nature, rather than human being responsible for choosing to assault somebody, is really important to rape culture, to rape as corrective social tool, and a way to control women’s behaviour. In a way, these rape apologists aren’t wrong when they claim they aren’t blaming her for being raped because in order to blame her, you’d have to think her rape was wrong in the first place. And to them, it wasn’t, because to them, she’s the one that did something wrong. She’s the one that partied, drank, and flirted as a girl. She deserved punishment. To them, the rape wasn’t wrong. It was justice.”

—	Amy Angelwings, The specter of “rape as punishment” behind the rape apologia around Steubenville (via seebster)

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[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Plausible and un-utterably depressing.