2026-09-28 06:37 UTC
Degrees can make a person academically accomplished without necessarily making them educated in empathy, consent or human dignity. I keep saying this to people.
The Cornell 7 case is shocking to many because we struggle to imagine Ivy League students from 'respected families' as capable of sexual violence.
Privilege can shape not only how violence is perpetrated but how readily society recognises it.
When privileged men are accused, institutions tend to prioritise their reputation over justice.
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@altlife@me.dm 2026-09-28 06:47
It’s not only poor, uneducated men who commit rape. They are simply the ones system finds easier to punish. Wealth & status makes accountability harder, be it through settlements, pressure or even preventing cases from being registered. I live in a country where rape-accused men can enter electoral politics. Well so does America. We know the system continues to protect abusive men when they are wealthy & powerful. They abuse because they believe they can get away with it & they most often do.
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@rishidass@mastodon.social 2026-09-28 07:17
@altlife@me.dm 💯 It’s not okay for others to think they can get away because of privilege.