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In reply to the discussion: US judge prompts outrage after saying: ‘If she didn’t want sex, her body should have just shut down’ [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)67. You're right, with a few nuances.
First, they probably don't remember where they originally got the idea. If that's the case, how do they know they've been following somebody else's wishes? Maybe they just think that they're willfully concurring with their church's teachings, for instance, and didn't look at the implications then. By the time they reach full adulthood, it looks normal.
But then there's the people who take the ideas and make them their own. Pope Pius. A Pope who leads other people has taken time analyzing it.
If he thinks on the subject, and doesn't find the mistake, if he's actually coming up with new reasons and arguments to be contemptuous toward women, who, say, didn't want to die resisting rape, that can only be described as hellbent. Because he's adding his own fantasies to it. That requires some kind of emotional impetus.
He deserves contempt and no sympathy about it. Off topic, but he also aided the rise of Nazism and awarded fascists like Franco and Salazar medals. Not a good person.
This judge, if what happened to Aikin did not make him re-exam thinking, he deserves to be disbarred. I mean, he's a judge. His work is intellectual. He shouldn't be in place of authority.
Unfortunately, almost any follower can become a leader sometime.
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US judge prompts outrage after saying: ‘If she didn’t want sex, her body should have just shut down’ [View all]
The Straight Story
Mar 2013
OP
I didn't realize women had an "on", "off" switch. Amazing, what insights Conservatives have
Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
#15
Damn, you have my sympathy. I just moved to New Orleans, great city, its the rest of the state that
Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
#71
Absolutely! This guy must be a dinosaur! No telling how much injustice he has dispensed on the
Dustlawyer
Mar 2013
#16
You are the one presuming to know what's in their heads. I go by their actions.
MotherPetrie
Mar 2013
#56
'I’m not a gynecologist, but I can tell you something", I play one while sitting in judgment.
BlueJazz
Mar 2013
#6
OMFG, how can such a person become a judge? Better question, How can he remain one?
Coyotl
Mar 2013
#64
take a break from du and the news. no really. it will be good for you
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#85
it's def not just du. which is why when you need a break, you need a overall news break
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#93
This guy isn't fit to be a law professor, let alone a Superior Court judge.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2013
#94