Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: rape

20 April 2015

What does it say when a child rapist is painted as the victim?

[Content note: child sexual abuse, rape culture] There are many, many horrifying aspects to this case recently heard in the Napier District Court, of a 17-year-old who repeatedly raped a…
20 March 2015

Roastbusters second report: surprising yet no surprise

[Content note: sexual violence, police inaction] Other bloggers have already posted pretty comprehensive reviews of the second IPCA report into the Roastbusters debacle. As summarised by Danyl at Dim-Post: Seven…
23 January 2015

Prince Andrew, John Key and implicitly blaming the victim

(Content note: rape, victim-blaming, domestic violence) The only appropriate response the Prime Minister of New Zealand could have made to questions about the allegations against Prince Andrew is: “No comment.”…