From situations where they're out and about, subject only to their own conscience as a guide. And people, as a whole, WILL transgress, if 2/
Same happened with the Catholic Church child abuse allegations. Time for a reckoning of powerful institutions which cover up abuse. But it needs to be remembered they enabled a cover-up - not normalisation of sex abuse.
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Same fine line as "victim blaming" - must punish each transgression, but still discuss persistant social factors that are conducive to abuse
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Yes, exactly. How much more can we as a society deplore sex crime tho? It has one of the longest sentences, its own special register, those convicted have to be separated from other violent offenders for their own safety & even an accusation can ruin a life.
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I think we're saying same thing - we CAN'T deplore it more, so if it's still happening then just deploring is not enough. We need to talk 1/
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Abt social fabric conducive to abusers. Peterson, Shapiro etc. are right abt this - just wrong, IMO, that trad marriage would fix things 2/
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We need, esp. in US, a return to some sort of community organization b/w family & state level, to hold ppl accountable day to day.
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In what way are they not being held accountable?
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In none of these stories were abusers stopped or slowed by anyone around them - consequences came only years later when public found out
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Yes. They were protected by powerful institutions. I'm not sure this translates more widely when that power structure isn't there.
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