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Originally posted by oozyism
reply to post by Xcathdra
Let's move on, it seems you have a defensive attitude towards American criticism. Criticism is not bad, it is there for you to debate and discuss and improve what ever which is being criticized.
The above being said, what if the culture says don't listen to your parents?
Parents can't control every move of their kids, or are you suggesting that parents should follow their kids where ever they are?
What about school?
Children spend more time at school (away from home), than with parents.
Keeping the above sentence in mind, are you suggesting culture is not important?
Originally posted by oozyism
This thread is suppose to find a solution to the rape problem which is related to the American law and American culture.
The US socially made any form of sex a no no, thus people are more inclined to do it.
And that's why the porn industry makes so much money off of us.
The US also likes to categorize genders, depending on the film company having the woman always being saved by the man at some point, or visa versa. And that's why we have crazy people wanting to dominate others any way they can. And that's why we have rapists.
Rape and sexual assault is not purely a US problem. To play it off like it is is like asking what China has done to tackle poverty
Originally posted by oozyism
The US is invading countries and claiming their own system and culture is better off. Why did the US invade Afghanistan + Iraq? They usually talked about women's right, the injustices within the society etc..
So for US to use such propaganda to invade countries, it needs to perfect itself first, and make itself an example. That is when I will happily accept US police state, and US invasions + occupations.
Yes there are consequences for rape, but why would someone care about the consequences, if it is so hard to convict someone?
That is why I bring the culture issue, and say that culture plays a huge role in hiding the rape, and refusing accountability and refusing justice for the victims
Two possibilities, either make the punishments extremely harsh, that way people won't even think of committing such a crime.
Or keep the punishment soft, but change the culture to make it easier to distinguish between raper and the victim.
The laws which you are talking about obviously don't work, at least to the extent it is suppose to? Am I right? Yes there are consequences for rape, but why would someone care about the consequences, if it is so hard to convict someone?
That is why I bring the culture issue, and say that culture plays a huge role in hiding the rape, and refusing accountability and refusing justice for the victims/
Two possibilities, either make the punishments extremely harsh, that way people won't even think of committing such a crime.
Or keep the punishment soft, but change the culture to make it easier to distinguish between raper and the victim.
LONDON — A leading Muslim cleric has sparked controversy in Britain by claiming that it is impossible for men to rape their wives. Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, who is president of the Islamic Sharia Council, told a website that "sex is part of marriage" and suggested that husbands who commit such acts should not be prosecuted.
"Clearly there cannot be any rape within the marriage," he told The Samosa website. "Maybe aggression, maybe indecent activity... Because when they got married, the understanding was that sexual intercourse was part of the marriage, so there cannot be anything against sex in marriage. Of course, if it happened without her desire, that is no good, that is not desirable."