@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social
2026-09-28 18:52 UTC
That is, those men had the *authority* to rape her, under a system that subordinates the bodies of women to a certain kind of man (usually white, always wealthy) in a place like the US.
The people at the party and in the fraternity acted as if it were fine for the rape to occur. This is legitimacy.
The police and the university acted as if it were fine for the rape to occur. This is legitimacy.
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@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social 2026-09-28 18:55
Anarchism proposes a world without authority, which means no one can act in this manner and expect support and endorsement. This woman was brutalized; no one helped her and, worse, powerful people worked to support her rapists. A liberated world is one in which, *at worst*, no rapist could expect institutional support and, ideally, in which every would-be rapist could expect any potential victim to be empowered and supported to defend themselves, alone or with the help of others.