I think she means the underlying/institutional misogyny that exemplifies a "rape culture" and victim blaming is the same--not that our methods of prosecution or our criminal justice system are the same. And she is very, very right. Case in point, go back to the very early days of the HG case and see the posters who actually, sadly, posted here on this very forum that Hannah should not have been wearing the outfit that she chose that night. It's appalling.
Or perhaps spend a few minutes refreshing yourself on how many fingers were pointed at Janay Rice, and noting that Ray Rice is not behind bars.
Or, again, at elected officials in the United States Congress saying that a woman can only get pregnant through "legitimate rape."
Is that really so different?
But we digress.
Or perhaps spend a few minutes refreshing yourself on how many fingers were pointed at Janay Rice, and noting that Ray Rice is not behind bars.
Or, again, at elected officials in the United States Congress saying that a woman can only get pregnant through "legitimate rape."
Is that really so different?
But we digress.
Actually it is very, very different.
We have sexual assault and rape crisis lines, we have rape counseling centers, we have many professionals trained to support victims of rape. We have safe houses where women who have been assaulted can go, we have health care providers trained to be sexual assault teams who work in hospitals and support women who come in. We have courts that on a daily basis send sexual assault offenders to jail, we have a sexual offender registry, we have jails full of rapists. We have funding and research dedicated to sexual assault victims and crimes, we have networks of resources and services that can be offered to victims. We have many people in this country who do not blame their family / friend for being assaulted and support them through it. Does every victim get the support they need, no. Does every rapist go to jail, no. But to say that most victims are blamed and that few rapists go to jail and that our cultural approach is similar to other countries defies logic, reason or evidence.