r/GenZ

I’ve been scrolling posts related to this incident on Twitter and Reddit since yesterday. 

America has a long way to go. I’m a guy who grew up in a third world Muslim country and I can see many parallels in public reaction to incidents of rape in global south and U.S. which is quite disheartening. This isn’t the first time something like this happened. It’s a consistent pattern spanning over decades.

It’s insane to see the number of people slut-shaming jane doe. She has been called all sorts derogatory names, and ppl are trying to find who she is. Some of them have identified a red head woman as Jane Doe and circulating her images on twitter, making fun of her looks along other degrading comments. Even if she’s the Jane Doe, how does her looks have anything to do with it? How does her bf becomes a victim? 

Plenty of guys still struggle with the concept of consent despite the fact that it has been pushed by media and educational institutions for decades atp. 

I don’t get this obsession that men have with a girl’s father. Whenever they have to deride a woman, particularly over her sexual conduct, they go like “imagine if it was your daughter” “a father’s worst nightmare” and so on. They never imagine having a rapist son. 

All these people asking why women aren’t held accountable, I’ve to ask exactly what are men held accountable for? 

They can commit murder or rape and other guys still end up either defending or shifting the blame onto women. 

All in all, much of the public reaction is quite hostile and this is only going to prevent more women from speaking out. This isn’t progress. We are regressing.