Philippine President Duterte Blames Rape Cases on 'Beautiful Women'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte joked that rapes will continue “as long as there are many beautiful women” during a Thursday night speech, The New York Times reports. Duterte was addressing the high number of sexual assaults in the city of Davao, where he once served as mayor. “They said there are many rape cases in Davao,” he said while speaking in the city of Mandaue. “As long as there are many beautiful women, there will be more rape cases.” In response, a coalition of women’s groups in the Philippines called #BabaeAko (I Am Woman) said that Duterte was adding “insult to the scars of rape survivors” rather than solving the problem. “Duterte sees women’s sexuality as their sole reason of existence [...] We call on all Filipinos to rise up against a President who spits on everything our ancestors fought and died for,” they said in a statement. A spokesperson for Duterte told the Times that the president’s remark was a “joke,” claiming that the southern town of Davao has a “more liberal” definition of what was considered offensive. The Philippine National Police recently announced that Davao had the highest rape rates in the nation, with 42 rapes occurring between April and June. This comes after Duterte called his own daughter a “drama queen” after she admitted to being a sexual-assault victim.

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I expect Trump will be thanking Duterte for providing him with an excuse for being a "p***y grabber"

[elleng]

1. of course

[DFW]

2. How odd

I always blamed rape cases on aggessive, anti-social behavioral traits on the part of the rapist.

It would appear that one of us is quite mistaken.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Indeed, one of you is very much mistaken. And it's NOT you.

Duterte is a scummy shitty low-life POS.

[DFW]

5. I would have been far less polite in my description of him

But on the whole, you're spot on!

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. So only "beautiful women" are raped? News to me. n/t

[murielm99]

6. I had a friend in high school

whose mother was always urging us to keep safe. She was right.

My friend considered herself too plain to be raped. Her mother would say, "That kind isn't picky. And you are beautiful."

She was right about that, too.

[Aristus]

7. I see beautiful women every day. I don't rape them. Do you know why?

BECAUSE I'M NOT A RAPIST, YOU HAMHOCK!

[tanyev]

8. The thing is, rape victims are all ages, color and size.

Many of them would not be described as beautiful by someone like Duterte and many of them are not even female.

[bluestarone]

9. He has a SICK FUCKING MIND Perfect kind of person for

RUMPY!!!!

[raccoon]

10. What a dipshit. nt