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Tkat113 t1_izysxa9 wrote

Reply to comment by thought_first in Loudoun school officials indicted by Virginia special grand jury by IHaveGreyPoupon

Because the administrators don't think rape is a problem.

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k-laz t1_izz7oyr wrote

Because controversy is the real crime when you are trying to maintain image.

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Tkat113 t1_izzjurl wrote

Yes. And the reason the controversy is worse, and that the biggest problem they have is maintaining an image, is because they don't think rape is a problem.

If they considered rape to be a problem, they could go "hey someone did some rape here, and we punished them harshly because rape is wrong".

Since rape isn't a problem, and is in fact perfectly fine, normal and healthy for people to engage is, you only hide it because *other* people think it's a problem. And since those people are wrong, but they make a lot of noise, then you just make it go away because it's easier.

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jetbag513 t1_izzmi65 wrote

Or they're related to the rapist.

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Tkat113 t1_j00dhiy wrote

There are plenty of people who are related to rapists and who turn them in and don't defend them.

But if you don't think rape is a problem, well...

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Rattrap551 t1_j02tlzn wrote

it's more complicated - the male student was wearing a dress & was in the girls bathroom. So to acknowledge the incident puts into question the politics of the bathroom policy. It sparks a culture war that the left-leaning county board does not want to fight or deal with.

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atomic1fire t1_j04fwim wrote

The student was/is genderfluid but that still doesn't excuse the fact that the superintendent lied to the school board and made the first girl's father into a public pariah before the truth came out and another girl in a different school was raped by the same rapist.

That should be the story, that sexual orientation is not an excuse for covering for a rapist. You can't both promote tolerance and protect people who violate consent.

https://www.loudoun.gov/SpecialGrandJury

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Tkat113 t1_j02wk5t wrote

Bathroom policies have never been a cover for rape.
That this person was actually trans, or pretending to be trans by wearing a skirt, or is cis and wore a skirt because he felt like it, doesn't have any relevance on being a rapist.

To go "well you know it's complicated" ignores the fact that rape is routinely ignored, brushed under the carpet, and tolerated in college campuses because administration doesn't think rape is a problem.

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Rattrap551 t1_j032bu6 wrote

"Bathroom policies have never been a cover for rape."

True - that's because until about 15 minutes ago, bathroom policies weren't ever contoversial. To ignore the possibility that the trans student didn't take advantage of the LGBTQ+ friendly policy of "use whichever bathroom you feel like today" is a glaring narrative ommission, but then again this is WaPo. For those that seek the whole truth, look up the original story broke by the Daily Wire.

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