Current mood:

angry

Male politician notices that rape happens; world stops to stare at this amazing new discovery
Background for the non-UK people: David Cameron is the leader of the Conservatives, who are a) the largest party not in power and b) the most right-wing mainstream party. On to the rage.

Recently, he decided that conviction rates were too low, victims were treated like criminals and support centres should be given more funding. Took yer sweet time about it, boy. He then went on to claim it was all about too much sexiness,* as opposed to violence and power.

Feminists spend years saying that the conviction rate for rape is too low, that there isn't enough support given to victims.

Response: shut up, hairylegged manhating dykes. You know women lie about these things. She probably asked for it.

A right-wing male politician raises the subject and decides it's all to do with too much consensual sex.

Response: suddenly it's newsworthy. Everybody pay attention. The news on the TV on the train even referred to it as a "new issue".

I'm really very angry about this.

* To clarify: when right-wing politicians start talking about cultural change, moral collapse and sexualisation, I start panicking, because next we're on to "traditional family values" (whose tradition? Whose family?). Sexual violence is, fundamentally, violence. Saying it's all about sex isn't so far from saying women in short skirts are asking for it.