Murder a woman and get less or no jail time. Witness Robert Blake, OJ, and any number of lesser knowns who get less jail time for murdering a woman than white collar criminals get for robbing rich people. My friend Barbara said her friend was on a jury that awarded more money to a male victim than a female victim when they'd had exactly the same crime befall them.
Sodomize an unconcious drunk teenager with pool cues and a gang of young men and you might not get convicted of rape--even if you videotape it. The L.A. Times reported on this Orange County case today and quoted a juror, a woman even, worrying about whether or not the "[white] boys" really understood that what they were doing was wrong. I got this feeling that they really didn't see those young men commiting a crime--instead they saw a woman raping herself.
WHAT THE F**K IS THAT?
The message becomes: Murder women, rape girls, that's okay boys, our society will ask for no personal responsibility from you. You might not mean to do it, we might expect it, and hell, those girls probably had it coming...
Oh, and where's that Republican sense of "protection" and outrage?
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