Thursday, January 31, 2008

Asking for it...

She was drunk; he was tagging. She was raped; he was murdered. The rapist was a league player; the murderer was a businessman. The league player was found not guilty; the murderer should 'get away with it'.

It's a common feminist rhetorical device 'in no other crime is the victim's behaviour considered relevant.'

Except sometimes it is.