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So the news of the moment in the country right now is about a gynecology student who has been found guilty of the rape of another student during a night out after she got incredibly drunk and couldn't in any way consent.
He has been found guilty, he admitted he was guilty even. What is the problem, you think? Well, he faces no jail time. No criminal record. No exemption from his job (AS A FUCKING GYNECOLOGIST!). Nothing. There are no consequences. Why? Because they judge found him to be an 'extremely talented and caring and nice person who doesn't deserve his life to be ruined'. Read: he is white and from a rich family.
What a way to start the month in which campaigns against sexual violence against women are highlighted.