8 Responses to “Linda Loaiza”

1. Kyra Writes:
   August 3rd, 2005 at 5:59 pm

   Ohhh, Goddess.

   I support the death penalty on this one. AND cruel and unusual punishment, for both the guy who did this and the dipshit “judge” who acquitted him. Lack of evidence?!?! LOOK AT HER, you asshole!

   Does Venezuela have capital punishment? I would be oh so happy to have this person dead.

   Blessings to Loaiza. And Justice.

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2. Writergurl Writes:
   August 3rd, 2005 at 6:29 pm

   Long ago, some friends of mine and I were discussing rape, and the possiblity of it occuring to one of us. We were talking about what we would do, if this were to happen to us. Everyone cheered and drank a toast to the woman who said in a deadly, calm and oh so casual voice; “Oh, there would be no need to call the cops. I’d find the little shit myself . I’d hunt him to the ends of the earth. When I found him, I’d cut his balls off. With a dull butter knife.” Of course with THAT sort of confidence, she would be the last person a rapist (who are predators) would pick to tangle with.

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3. Amanda Writes:
   August 3rd, 2005 at 8:43 pm

   Thanks for the link! I think a couple commenters at my blog misunderstood my point and thought I was apologizing for the patriarchy, as it were. My point was more that while it’s nice not to be threatened by death, we are all in one ugly tangle. “We” being all the women of the world.

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4. Thomas Writes:
   August 4th, 2005 at 7:22 am

   This just shows how scarily awful things get at the intersection of oppressive systems. This rich boy from a powerful family raped this woman. There’s physical evidence, and the nature of the crime does not admit of a consent defense. It ought to be a complete ground-ball for the prosecution. But a cultural narrative can overwhelm the most unassailable logic. Folks trained like Pavlov’s dogs to excuse the rapes of rich kids by blaming the victims will do so by grasping at anything no matter how tenuous or irrational. I would love to say that this was a product of the shitty, corrupt Venezuelan judicial system and the gross disparities in wealth and power there, just like I’d love to tell myself that the rape cover-ups in Pakistan were the product of backward areas ruled by tribal chieftains and religious zealots.

   I would love to tell myself that, but I can’t, because it does happen here. When tabloids print the names of women who accuse powerful men and those women are threatened by other men, that’s the same damned thing.

   (To any trolls reading this, I am referring to Kobe Bryant, and even if you convinced yourself at the time that he didn’t do it, his “apology” is an admission.)

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5. Sheelzebub Writes:
   August 4th, 2005 at 9:22 am

   Thanks for this, P-A. The whole case disgusts me.

   And Amanda, FWIW–I wasn’t taking you to task. Just pointing out the fallacies in the anti-feminist “logic”–things can and do get that bad over here. A woman who accused some men of gang raping her on a pool table (while others watched and cheered) had to leave town. She and her family faced death threats, harassment, and intimidation. Bryant’s accuser had to deal with death threats, and a woman who had been mistaken for Bryant’s accuser found her picture plastered all over the web. As I said on your blog, simply being a woman is a henious crime to some of these wingnuts.

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6. Amanda Writes:
   August 4th, 2005 at 3:54 pm

   Fair enough. I was mostly afraid that my dripping sarcasm wasn’t coming across.

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7. BritGirlSF Writes:
   August 4th, 2005 at 4:56 pm

   Amanda, your point came across loud and clear. I think the problem is that you sometimes miss other people’s equally dripping sarcasm. I’m not quite sure why.

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8. katrina Writes:
   August 5th, 2005 at 9:14 pm

   when i started reading the report…i started feeling queasy…and it just got worse! i hate that this type of abuse can happen to any woman anywhere in the world. i think most teenagers don’t even know that these kinds of abuse even exist. what we all need (not just the women, but EVERYBODY, especially kids [who will grow up to inhabit this world someday]) is to be aware and get in touch with the real world. people should not deny the existence of evil especially if the evil is the system that we rely on to protect us. Next, a woman is a woman is a WOMAN. no matter what her work, profession, occupation is, she is still a daughter, sister, and most importantly…she can be a MOTHER. even if only for this reason alone should the whole world respect and appreciate a woman. why does it always have to be a case where women get the blame because they’re poor, prostitutes, or simply cannot speak out? everybody is entitled to JUSTICE.

   Justice for Loaiza, and ultimately justice to all the women and children oppressed daily.

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