Ok… now, pay attention to this stuff below. It is a classic example of the sort of weird cognitive dissonance being deeply tied into a victimization worldview breeds. The sort of “doublethink” you really need to maintain to keep all your “they are all against” me stuff in the air.<\/p>\n
In particular, you need to simultaneously believe that “the patriarchy” is a group of powerful men who are holding out despite the outrage of “the people” and then later you have to also be able to believe that the whole society is against you and that you are some sort of lone voice.<\/p>\n
STORRS — An incident involving three men accused of masturbating over a sleeping University of Connecticut student is sparking calls to change the state’s sexual assault laws.<\/p>\n
The men, who are also students at the school, face disorderly conduct and public indecency charges. But they will not be charged with sexual assault because there was no physical contact with the female victim during the September incident, said Elizabeth Leaming, the assistant state’s attorney prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n
“It’s a frustration that there is no ability to charge a sex offense for the kind of conduct alleged,”<\/strong><\/em> Leaming said Thursday.<\/p>\n
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“It is demeaning and extremely embarrassing and every bit as violating as a sexual assault,” Papillo said. “It ought to be treated as a sexual assault case, and the penalty ought to be harsh in a case like this. Disorderly just doesn’t cut it. This is in a different league altogether.”<\/p>\n