I am -disgusted-
Jul. 24th, 2003 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xtremeroswelliaBy some of the fucking morons in the world. I just came across supporting Kobe Bryant's "innocence." Which is fine in itself. But the message board/forum on that site are filled with the sickest, most stupid, fucking outrageous things I've ever heard in my -entire- life. People were talking about how the girl couldn't have been a victim because she didn't "act" like a rape victim.
Uh, and how exactly does one think a rape victim should act? Every survivor responds differently. Yes, some are hysterical, some don't tell anyone, others tell everyone -everything-. It depends on the person.
According to some on the site, a victim should also be very bruised and harmed and have 5 day long hospital days if it was a REAL rape. Very few rapes result in that type of bodily injury because most rapes are committed by acquaintances of the victim who use their relationship to gain power over her, not physical force. And if there is physical force involved, it tends to be minimal.
And according to fans on that site, Kobe just "doesn't seem like a rapist." And what, you know him personally? Most rapists don't seem like they should be rapists. They seem like regular, normal men. Many are married with children. The next door type. Not the skulky jump out of the bushes type.
And talking about what the girl looks like and was she pretty enough for Kobe to want to rape? WTF planet are you people from? First of all, rape isn't about sex, so if he raped her, it had nothing to do with her looks. It is about power and control. Secondly, that's just revolting.
*grumbles* I knew there was a good reason I wanted to go live completely alone in the mountains. Less STUPID people.
Uh, and how exactly does one think a rape victim should act? Every survivor responds differently. Yes, some are hysterical, some don't tell anyone, others tell everyone -everything-. It depends on the person.
According to some on the site, a victim should also be very bruised and harmed and have 5 day long hospital days if it was a REAL rape. Very few rapes result in that type of bodily injury because most rapes are committed by acquaintances of the victim who use their relationship to gain power over her, not physical force. And if there is physical force involved, it tends to be minimal.
And according to fans on that site, Kobe just "doesn't seem like a rapist." And what, you know him personally? Most rapists don't seem like they should be rapists. They seem like regular, normal men. Many are married with children. The next door type. Not the skulky jump out of the bushes type.
And talking about what the girl looks like and was she pretty enough for Kobe to want to rape? WTF planet are you people from? First of all, rape isn't about sex, so if he raped her, it had nothing to do with her looks. It is about power and control. Secondly, that's just revolting.
*grumbles* I knew there was a good reason I wanted to go live completely alone in the mountains. Less STUPID people.
