I didn't realize there was a video. How did a video get out? How can that be legal?
Though, after reading the quotes (especially some of the most recent commenters), is it any wonder so many rapists don't think they did anything wrong? There was a study that showed 1 in 12 college men admitted to forcing (or attempting to force) a woman into sex using coercian or physical force. At the same time, almost none of them referred to the act as rape or themselves as a rapist (
link).
Also, is it any wonder so many people are ashamed of their experience, and fear that everyones going to blame them instead of the person committing the crime?
[quote name='jaykrue']Ok, I'll concede that point she wasn't in her right mind at the time of her rape but she wasn't humiliated yet at the point at which she went to the back room. She could've turned around at any point in that time beforehand since she should at most, have fear of being fired. And McD's isn't the only restaurant around. It is gullible (no pun intended) to believe that she'd never be able to work ever again nor find any other means of financial support. And IIRC, her degradation lasted for 3+ hours. It should've been evident that something was very very wrong the moment when her ass was first slapped. No, I take that back, she should've sensed something was wrong when they told her to strip search. That should've been the turning point but instead went further.[/QUOTE]
How many people want to hire someone if they have had 1 job and they were fired for stealing? That doesn't need to be answered statistically, since peoples perception of reality is what influences their decisions.
Though, while submitting to the strip search was not a good idea, it was not an absurd request. The behavior itself was something a policeman would do, so it could be seen as an alternative to being arrested, and many people automatically assume they're going to jail especially with people with no experience with the law and are young. Later the absurd requests started. But, when she protested, she was hit.
Personally, I think the reason she stayed comes down to submitting to authority, fear of jail, losing her job, and then the humiliation and shame that comes with rape and prevents many from reporting it. The idea that they're going to get blamed often factors into it and, from looking at this forum, that's a very legitimate fear. If you put someone into an extremely emotionally traumatic event, and keep making it worse, I'd be more suprised if they were thinking clearly than if they weren't.
People need to be educated about what can/cannot be done, what is acceptable etc. What she did was naive, along the lines of kids who get molested (or an abused spouse) and don't automatically flee, but there are many factors that go into it. I think the attitude you see here (not really yours, but others who take similar arguments to the extreme) is one of the reasons so many people simply refuse to report rape, or believe that it's their fault or they caused it.