While Offred was in the the Red Center for becoming a Handmaiden, all other Handmaidens in training were to talk about their sins in front of everyone. Janine (Ofwarren), had the unfortune to confess her sin which was rape. And for that, all of the girls there were to judge her and tell her it was her own fault that she was raped to begin with. Is it really? Is it the women's fault that she was raped from the start?
Judge who said rape victim didnt put up a fight later apologized.
According to that article, “If someone doesn’t want to have sexual intercourse, the body shuts down. The body will not permit that to happen unless a lot of damage in inflicted, and we heard nothing about that in this case.
"That tells me that the victim in this case, although she wasn’t necessarily willing, she didn’t put up a fight,” the judge said."
Now, I don't know about you but that to me sounds like a bunch of bullcrap.
This is the second article I've read in which some politician has displayed a profound lack of knowledge of how rape works. It's honestly a little embarrassing.
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