Comments on: Ithaca Responds to College Rape Policies http://thecurvature.com/2008/02/21/ithaca-responds-to-college-rape-policies/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Feminist Avatar http://thecurvature.com/2008/02/21/ithaca-responds-to-college-rape-policies/#comment-3538 Feminist Avatar Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:12:09 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/02/21/ithaca-responds-to-college-rape-policies/#comment-3538 The 'knew his victim' excuse is really disturbing. It is effectively saying that inter-personal violence is not a crime. Presumably, the RA would know every women in his halls, so raping all of them would not be a crime. It's not like 'knowing' women is hard. There is quite a lot of us and 'knowing' us generally makes access to us (and thus rape) easier than jumping on strangers. Oh, I just realised... what were we doing leaving our harems, where our owners could ensure our safety? The ‘knew his victim’ excuse is really disturbing. It is effectively saying that inter-personal violence is not a crime. Presumably, the RA would know every women in his halls, so raping all of them would not be a crime. It’s not like ‘knowing’ women is hard. There is quite a lot of us and ‘knowing’ us generally makes access to us (and thus rape) easier than jumping on strangers.

Oh, I just realised… what were we doing leaving our harems, where our owners could ensure our safety?

]]> By: Holly http://thecurvature.com/2008/02/21/ithaca-responds-to-college-rape-policies/#comment-3537 Holly Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:02:50 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/02/21/ithaca-responds-to-college-rape-policies/#comment-3537 But they obviously DO take drug-related crimes more seriously, as proven by the previous letter. She was probably told that she had to write that or something, I doubt anyone with the facts sitting right in front of them would willingly take it upon themselves to "protect the school." But they obviously DO take drug-related crimes more seriously, as proven by the previous letter. She was probably told that she had to write that or something, I doubt anyone with the facts sitting right in front of them would willingly take it upon themselves to “protect the school.”

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