You people are probably the most disgusting congregation of human garbage I have ever encountered, which is saying something on the internet. There are acts more despicable than ridiculing and belittling a rape victim, but not many.
Of course it was rape. A point about terminology: The man was not blackmailed, he was extorted. The woman didn’t say, “Submit or I’ll reveal your embarrassing secrets,” she said that she would accuse him of raping her, which would result in his prosecution- in other words, she threatened to have law enforcement arrest and forcibly confine him, possibly for years. She wasn’t threatening him with embarrassment, she was threatnening him with violence, albeit violence carried out by her agent rather than herfelf. Making someone submit sexually through a threat is certainly rape; unless one wants to claim that a woman hasn’t been raped unless she’s literally beaten into submission.
The rape of men (in or out of prison, by other men or by women) is an interesting issue, because both supporters of traditionalist/patriarchal sex roles and feminists have a vested interest in ignoring, denying, or belittling the issue. It’s also interesting to note how much of the denial or belittling of the problem boils down to either:
1. “He was asking for it”, or must have wanted it. (Sound famailiar?)
2. Serves him right for being such a weakling This is interesting because in traditionalist/patriarchal morality, strength/power is often considered the prime virtue of a man, just as chastity is considered the prime virtue of a woman. In other words, we have here a perfect parallell to “The slut had it coming.” Violate the expectations placed on your sex, and this is what you deserve.
There’s also the astonishingly stupid, “But he maintained an erection!” It’s astonishing how much people who trot that out. Women often experience vaginal lubrication while being raped, and some actually have orgasms, so I suppose that’s not really rape either.
To anyone who wrote about how he must have wanted it, or how he’s a crybaby or a “metrosexual;” you people are what allow and encourage this. God only knows how much injustice and misery has happened through the years because of the sort of attitudes displayed here, and how much we’ll continue to see. I’d ask how you can live yourselves, but I suppose a person with no conscience can live with anything.
