He taught her to roll a joint, then shoot up, then repeatedly raped her from 17 until she was pregnant with his child. All of this was said on Oprah. What irked me was the lady O, instead of reaching for her hand or a tissue, grabs for the book, and seems to lack any empathy for Mackenzie, instead letting the "bomb drop" as she twittered previewing her huge exploitative show. Even when Mackenzie appeals to O, "You've also had experience with incest." O counters, "Well, I'll tell you what the backlash will be, 'you were old enough to know better.'" WTF O? Mabes re-read some self-help books on empathy, and victim blaming. And check the headlines, "Mackenzie has sex with dad", still blaming the victim. Not, "John Papa rapist." Coupled with the backlash against the false rape accuser at Hofstra, and just hearing about Tucker Max's existence makes this week for women the worst week ever. And they say feminism is dead.
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What? The BACKLASH against the false accuser is your problem? Really? Not the false accusation that ruined the lives (okay, hyperbole, but it sounds better than severely and long-term negatively impacted the lives) of five innocent men?
Really?
If anything, the false accuser should be blamed for giving feminism a step backwards, by contributing to anecdotal evidence that rape accusations are false and cannot be taken seriously.
The backlash is the problem. Please. Blame the victim.
It won't work in reality, that's exactly what I consider.
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