Well isn't this sweet. Stick it to The Man, but let's keep it quiet if some man decides to stick it to a female protester.
They don't want anything to do with the police force, yet they're willing to make an exception on rape. They also aren't encouraging the victims not to tell anyone, they're encouraging not telling the police.
Considering how the police tends to treat rape victims I don't see not telling the police as that much of a problem (not telling them doesn't really make things any worse, sadly enough). I mean, it's not like they'll get any more support there than they'll get elsewhere. Quite the opposite, I'd say.
The increase in sexual violence towards women (when there's rape you can bet there's all the milder things as well) in the movement is a worry though. Because of the feminist "foolishness" blatantninja mentioned earlier I had hope this movement would push for a change in that area too, but the longer it goes it seems the movement is falling into the same heteronormative traps as the rest of our society is already stuck in.
But to point finger because they're getting as bad as the rest of society strikes me as... the wrong response. That's not the problem.
And I don't see what the rapist has to do with helping the raped. Apart from, maybe, if getting the rapist to understand what he did was wrong will lead to him apoligizing. That might help the victim get over it. But yeah, councelling the rapist won't help the victim. It might prevent future victims though. And, as I mentioned above, it's not like there'd be more help avaliable if she went to the police.
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