We live in a male supremacist system, this means that for every small advancement women make, we will experience a massive backlash.
As women started to have more prominent and powerful public roles, we are expected to starve ourselves down to ‘size zero’. As women became more economically and socially independent from men, men began consuming more and more violent and degrading pornography to make up for this ‘emasculation’. As women try to control our reproductive lives, those rights and freedoms are eroded out from under us.
Now, post Jimmy Savile, as more and more individuals and institutions are being exposed for committing sexual violence against women and children, or for turning a blind eye to such abuse, a senior lawyer has called for anonymity to be granted for men accused of rape.
You see, rape is such a heinous crime that just the wiff of an accusation can be enough to ruin a poor man’s life for ever. So who cares if anonymity for the accused makes it impossible for the police to investigate a crime properly?
Nobody is calling for anonymity for accused child murders though, so apparently being thought of as a child murderer isn’t as ‘stigmatised’ as being thought of as a rapist.
This is just the latest in a never-ending misogynistic backlash against women, because under a male supremacist system, being accused of rape is worse than being raped, and more women lie about being raped than are actually raped, and rapists are only ever monsters who jump out of dark alleyways and drag women off into bushes.
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Ugghhh 83% say “yes.”
I know, and this is from a left-leaning ‘liberal’ paper!
Why single out males charged with having committed rape/sexual violence against women? Why should not all women and men charged with any criminal offence be entitled to anonymity until such time as they are convicted. If acquitted these women and men should retain their right to anonymity. Oh but wait – that would mean the justice system would be ‘operating behind closed doors’ and the man in the street (because male supremacist system believes only men are important not women) will not see the legal system is transparent and open. That it does punish those criminals who burgle mens’ homes; steal mens’ cars; defraud men of their money and property.
Male sexual violence against women and girls is a trivial issue not worthy of prosecution; but if a male is charged his identity will remain hidden, because we don’t want other women coming forward and charging this male with sexual violence do we? After all a male’s reputation and livelihood is the epitome of his male identity and the immense suffering he experiences whilst waiting to stand trial is far, far worse than what women and girl survivors of male sexual violence experience. Male sexual violence against women/girls isn’t really ‘sexual violence’ – it is just normal male sex right to female bodies because that is why females exist – to be males’ disposable sexual service stations. Males cannot possibly inflict harm on those dehumanised female beings can they? Only males are human and only males suffer PTSD and have their lives ruined when they are unlucky to be prosecuted for committing sexual violence against those dehumanised female beings.
But men once again are demanding their right of pseudo right of sexual access to females of all ages be maintained and if any male sexual predator is unlucky to be charged and it is rare given male sexual violence against women and girls is globally pandemic, then women and girls must not be made aware that yet another supposedly respectable male, who is a devoted family man; works for the community (male supremacist community that is), leads a pure life (sic), has – horrors -been charged with committing rape/male sexual violence against a woman or girl.
The real reason why the call for men charged with sexual violence against women/girls be accorded anonymity is because recently there has been a spate of males charged with sexual violence against women and girls and as always these male sexual predators publicly proclaim ‘I am innocent; I will fight to the utmost to clear my good name. ‘ Female victims of male sexual violence are not afforded the right to publicly declare ‘I will do my utmost to ensure this male sexual predator is convicted for the suffering he has inflicted on me.’
Women and girls must not learn the extent to which males are continuing to commit sexual violence against women and girls, because it is essential men and their Male Supremacist System keep proclaiming the lie ‘male perpetrator was a deviant monster. Normal now deceased male sexual predator Savile was able to sexually prey on women and girls for decades because males ‘turned a blind eye’ to Savile’s sexual proclivities since Savile was not sexually preying on adult males.
There is also the ongoing scandal of Chetham College wherein three male teachers ex teachers have been accused of committing sexual violence against female pupils. Not forgetting the infamous Rochdale case and another ongoing court case ongoing wherein a group of adult males are charged with serially targeting and raping disadvantaged teen girls.
Should all these males be accorded the right of anonymity because they were charged/accused of subjecting girls/women to male sexual violence? Or is the real reason because a large number of males are terrified women who are not feminists will finally begin to ‘join up the dots’ and wonder why oh why are so many males committing sexual violence against women and girls? Given male institutions such as police, Crown Prosecution Service and male politicians continue to claim males who sexually prey on women and girls are ‘isolated cases/a few bad apples (not male enactment of male pseudo right of sexual access to females of all ages) and that males who sexually prey on female children and a to a much lesser extent, male children are ‘paedophiles.’ Convenient euphemism ‘paedophile’ because male supremacist system must not accept that most male sexual predators are normal respectable males who often target adult women as well as female children. The common denominator is male pseudo sex right to females of all ages and male pseudo right of sexual access to boys if the male predator chooses.
The number of women who falsely accuse a male(s) of having subjected them to male sexual violence is between 3-5% and this statistic has remained unchanged for decades. However, false car insurance claims have increased dramatically and is a huge problem for insurance companies. But then women charging a male(s) with committing sexual violence against them is apparently so much worse than car insurance fraud despite the huge disparity in numbers.
Remember – men are innate truth tellers; males are incapable of committing sexual violence against women and males never, ever lie! It is martians who are committing sexual violence against women and girls not adult men and boys. This is what Male Supremacist System claims and we women are expected to believe the lies men tell because ‘males never tell lies do they?
This was wonderful Hecuba