This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “An Eye for an Eye? Jerry Sandusky, Male Survivors and Prison Rape“.
“This ‘eye for an eye’ sentiment shows a pretty horrible attitude by men towards other men.”
“I’m not talking about the hatred of Sandusky, forget that for the moment, I’m talking about the idea of other prisoners agreeing to rape him. It’s this easy assumption that you can readily find a bunch of men who will line up to rape another man and get away with it. Presumably these designated prison rapists will really enjoy it, as any man would, because after all we men are happy to rape someone if there’s a good reason. We just tap into something all of us men have, right, that thing where we use rape to keep people in line. [Sarcasm, by the way.] What the hell is that about?
“As a large man myself, I couldn’t help noticing the tweet suggesting you get the really big guys to rape him. That’s what we big guys are, you know: extra-bad rapists.
“Amazing how easily some men volunteer other men to be rapists. What the hell?!”
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I do love the logic that some have. They call for Institutional rape but miss where their logic leads. So if male sex offenders are to be be institutionally raped, the same applies to female sex offenders – so that’s calling for women to rape women in prison! Fair’s Fair! … or are some calling for mixed sex prisons to make the desired rapping easier? Is it a bizzare call for gender equality on the penal system? I do invite any person calling for Institutional prison rape to go and hold up their local liquor store, get a criminal record… Read more »
Plenty will volunteer to physically assault him, something that can be just as bad as sexual assault. The difference between being raped and being beaten is what exactly? Both are gonna do some damn damage although in different ways, hell a single punch has killed before and can do major brain damage, damage to the emotions, etc just as rape can do heavy damage mentally n physically too. But for some reason I don’t think people would care as much about guys ready to beat someone up vs rape them, rape has this extra bad element to it but why?… Read more »