Discussion: Grand Jury Indicts Harvey Weinstein In Rape Case

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Well here is Germaine Greer on her new take and new book on rape. Anyone want to take a stab at explaining her new position?

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Sheā€™s suggesting 200 hours of community service and an ā€œRā€ tattoo on the forehead. Which position are you interested in?

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She trivializing the act of rape and sexual assault. She says that this will bring more convictions, I donā€™t think any rape survivor wants more convictions they want men to stop raping, period. I donā€™t think lowering the sentences just up the numbers is going to solve anything.

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Yea, kinda. :slight_smile:

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I have four (4) questions for Greer:

  1. Has she ever been raped? (Really raped. Not acting out a rape fantasy with a boyfriend or internet hookup.)
  2. Did she enjoy it? (iā€¦e., the rape experience.)
  3. Does she consider stalker, rape kit-carrying rapists lazy?
  4. If someone punched her in the face and knocked her teeth out, so he/she could cut in front of her in line ā€œinsensitive?ā€
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Yeah she was raped in the seventies, I think sheā€™s forgotten and/or time has glossed over what she went through.

And after Greerā€™s piece then there was this one, which made more sense.

Oh and since we all love ironyā€¦

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I read the first piece you linked and it seems like giving up more than forgetfulness. Not sure what that indicates.

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Did anyone really think that he would not be indictied?

His trial will likely distract at a time when we need our focus elsewhere i.e., mid-termsā€¦

Many of the accounts that we have read, portray a man who is so arrogant, entitled and narcissistic that you wonder how he could have remained in normal society without being ostracized and imprisoned over the last three decades. But can any of these cases, individually, be decided on anything other than, ā€œhe said, she saidā€ testimony?

Iā€™ll take a stab at it. ā€œUnhingedā€ how does that sound.

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I would also add un-tethered.

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