A Brutal Inheritance
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A Brutal Inheritance
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#2What an incredible story. These two men are such heroes for the way they have sought to make peace and take ownership for such a sad event in their pasts.
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#3This kind of stuff is atrociously common in our evolutionary history. Every single one of us has innumerable rapists and rape victims among our ancestors.
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#4when is the movie coming out?
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#5Is this a low-key ad for 23andme?
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#6Is this a low-key ad for 23andme?
No. An advertisement is a paid placement created by a marketer. This is an exhaustively reported and fascinating piece of feature journalism.
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#7Did I miss something? The whole article goes on like there was a conviction for rape, explicitly calling it rape. I mean I realize it's Buzzfeed, but "safe to assume" seems like a dangerous way to present something of this magnitude.
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#8Did I miss something? The whole article goes on like there was a conviction for rape, explicitly calling it rape. I mean I realize it's Buzzfeed, but "safe to assume" seems like a dangerous way to present something of this magnitude.
How likely do you think it is that consensual sex occurred between a 21-year-old black woman in prison for manslaughter and the 57-year-old governor of that prison?
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#9Did I miss something? The whole article goes on like there was a conviction for rape, explicitly calling it rape. I mean I realize it's Buzzfeed, but "safe to assume" seems like a dangerous way to present something of this magnitude.
How likely do you think it is that consensual sex occurred between a 21-year-old black woman in prison for manslaughter and the 57-year-old governor of that prison?
Define "consensual". I can definitely see it being transactional in nature. I'm not going to wade into the debate on whether the power imbalance between the two parties of the transaction precludes consent. So, to answer your question, I think the likelihood of it being consensual is certainly nonzero.
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#10Did I miss something? The whole article goes on like there was a conviction for rape, explicitly calling it rape. I mean I realize it's Buzzfeed, but "safe to assume" seems like a dangerous way to present something of this magnitude.
I was bothered by that as well. My guess is that current societal pressures make it difficult for the article to imply that any explanation but rape is possible. In the articles defense, there is an argument that the incarcerated are not legally able to give sexual consent, and thus any sex between the a warden and a prisoner by definition statutory rape. I don't think it's a clearly established theory, but I can see why it would be a desirable legal standard. Here's an article on the topic: https://www.abqjournal.com/1030674/law-says-inmate-consent-t...