Victim advocates applaud Craigslist rape verdict

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72. again

no one here is denying women are complicit. Yet you seem fixated on insisting so. Perhaps

According to you, growing up under a patriarchal system does not excuse someone for being oppressive, but it does excuse someone for not realizing she is being oppressed. The models on the front of a swimsuit cover are innocent because they grew up in a system which encouraged them to see themselves as beautiful objects and discouraged them from developing other talents. However, the men who grew up under that same system will not be excused for being trained to believe that seeing women as a sexual resource instead of full fledged humans is okay, even though many of the women around them behave in ways that reenforce that belief.

Back to Lily Ledbetter, do you think that the men, who set her pay were not aware they were paying her far less than the men she worked beside? I meant to add in (then realizing I was late for an apt) just hit post. there is no excuse for the women who actively participates in the system, knowing the harm it does to others. Do you think the men who chose that cove for SI were not aware that the T&A pic on the cover objectified women? hell that is the reason they put it there, to boost their sales.
Like I said, nuances.