What is it with misogynists and child molestation/rape? [View all]
I recently found out that Gore Vidal was a rape apologist after seeing this quote from an interview, regarding his friend Polanski's having raped a 13-year-old girl: "I really don't give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she's been taken advantage of?"
I read about this MRA blog a few weeks ago... and it, along with the Gore Vidal quote have been bugging me. I wonder what is wrong with these men, and why more people don't seem to think it's that big a deal. With all the Gore Vidal lionizing that went on last week, I only saw a very few mentions of the fact that the man was a rape apologist. So... I guess the fact that it was just kinda ignored means it's just not that big a deal, really?
It's easy to think that it's just a few sick, predatory assholes... but I wonder how many men agree that barely pubescent children should be fair game for adults to coerce into sex, or exploit for the sex trade. How is it that in some countries it's legal for grown men to take advantage of children, and this doesn't seem to be all that much of a problem for most people?
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