Prison Abuse and Rape aren't Laughing Matters

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26. White feminism is constantly trying to make the narrative

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all about them, while derailing issues of abuse that other groups face, your post was exhibit A, as it attempted to demonize and delegitimize male victims, was oblivious to the fact that this issue is not limited to men but also includes juveniles and women in detention, and attemped the typical feminist thread hijack that tries to spin a narrative where all men are oppressors of all women, when this is simply untrue, given how many white women vote for the oppressor and how many men (of color mainly, but also some white men) vote with the oppressed. The success of Feminism and MeToo owes heavily to the fact that these are movements driven mainly by middle class white women, and as such, do not address the topic of this thread, which is the widespread abuse and torture of human beings within our own jails and detention facilities.

White women as a class (who voted for Trump 53% to Hillary 42%) are the prime beneficiaries of MeToo, which is not a liberal movement per se, considering how many conservative women like LeAnn Tweeden (who took out Franken) are part of it.

For Survivors of Prison Rape, Saying ‘Me Too’ Isn’t an Option
Josephine Yurcaba
January 8, 2018
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Prisons and jails haven’t faced much public outrage for widespread sexual abuse problems partially because people just don’t know how bad things are. “I think a lot of myths and negative stereotypes flourish … because prisons are isolated—I think both geographically and kind of culturally,” Lerner-Kinglake said. “There’s an othering that happens with prisoners. And I think bringing prisoners into the conversation so that we see them as full people who are worthy and deserving of rights [is how we change culture].”

But changing culture—even outside of prisons—isn’t easy, and #MeToo has illuminated that. The movement has shown the extent of sexual abuse and harassment women face, and, for the most part, it’s accepted that those women don’t deserve that abuse. But those women who have become the face of the movement usually haven’t been charged with crimes. There’s an extra battle that prison abuse survivors face: The public thinks prisoners deserve what they get, and there’s a persistent belief that inmates do not have rights.

“In practice, the culture defines what these institutions actually take seriously,” Fettig said. “The fact that the vast majority of people in prison—whether they’re men or women—are poor people of color plays into how our criminal justice system operates at every single level. It plays into the fact that the larger public doesn’t pay attention to these issues, and doesn’t take them seriously.”
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edit: clarification (bolded)