Raped, pregnant and ordeal not over - 31 states give parental rights to rapists

[Fawks121]

66. Let's get real about the US of A

We have always been a patriarchal nation. Women have been and continue to be second class citizens. I think many, including so called left leaning and liberal thinking men, still hold the belief that women have a certain "place" to uphold in society. Recent studies have been done that still indicate many men think it is completely acceptable to coerce a women into sex. These politicians are still trying to ensure that men have the legal right to "sow the seed" as it were. Many people still belief in this day and age that a man who doesn't receive regular sexual gratification will go "insane" or act out...which is sadly true in many circumstances, but doesn't mean this is a genetic problem. This is taught behavior. Secondly, bernardo de la paz said it great, these are primarily white men...in the U.S. perpetrating this patriarchal violence, and we need to get real about the racial aspect of this. Yes, many men of color (too many) act in sick, overly aggressive and oppressive male violence, but as one of my favorite radical feminist writers reminds us, our nation was founded on white supremacy and patriarchy, because of this, we do not have a way to explore the ways that gender roles and relationships developed in cultures and societies that were not dictated by white supremacy. She reminds us that most societies had patriarchy, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were violent. Western patriarchy is particularly violent.