Men See Themselves In Brock Turner—That’s Why They Don’t Condemn Him

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9. Except Turner, his idiot dad and the asshat judge have all been widely condemned

The article is written from an agenda that assumes most if not all men are rapists.

The most recent research I'm aware of (a study of two U.S. universities) found that about 10% of men had raped. And while yes that is about 10% too high, it also means that in discussing rape the author shouldn't accuse most of us from being similar to Turner.

Trying to link Turner claiming it was consensual to a larger point about rape being a cultural norm is a little silly in my opinion. He was trying to convince a jury that he wasn't a rapist. What exactly was he supposed to say? "Yes I raped her, but don't convict me anyway." The fact that he ran when confronted is a pretty good indicator that he knew what he was doing was wrong. The fact that the two guys chased him down indicates they didn't participate in rape culture.

The author isn't just using too broad of a brush, she's openly letting her biases let her conclusion and then claiming the evidence supports it, rather than looking at the evidence and then forming a conclusion.

Do we as a society have a long way to go in terms of dealing with rape? Absolutely. But we have also come a long way. The fact that this case and it's poor resolution has generated such an outcry is in fact evidence of that. We as a society do recognize as a whole that rape is wrong, it's part of why rapists have to come up with so many "justifications". It's not like a thief goes out of their way to justify why they are stealing.