TYT: Reddit Rape Stories

"...a massive Reddit thread dealing with sexual assault, born out of one Redditor's question: "Reddit's had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story? What were your motivations?" the user asked, "Do you regret it?" The response was instant, and instantly controversial. While the subject matter of the posts may be problematic for some readers, the question of whether or not such "dialogue" can actually contribute to the discourse of how to deal with and prevent rape in America is just as debated by experts and advocates..." - Young Turks
Tinglessays...

"Are there people that wanted to get attention?"

YES FOR FUCKS SAKES IT IS REDDIT! Are you kidding me? There are no doubt genuine posts in that thread, but I would wager many are trolls. It's what the community does when it comes to controversy. I also wouldn't put it past some of the men and women in that community to have made some of those posts posing as a rapist, like perhaps, maybe, the example Anna provided, in order to drill into peoples heads that they need to report anything and everything that happens to them to the authorities.

At the end of the day, I don't really know what's exactly what there but I've been on reddit long enough that I don't take every comment in a controversial thread to heart.

rottenseedsays...

Somebody posted about this thread...a psychiatrist supposedly. Here's what he had to say about that thread

"Hi all. I'm a psychiatrist. My main area of clinical work is emergency psychiatry, and my main research interest is functional brain imaging. I'd like to start a discussion about the rapist thread, which I see as a serious danger. In a nutshell:
Rape is a crime which sometimes hinges directly on feelings of power over the victim.
That power often loses its meaning if the victim is unconscious. Many rapists typically need a victim who knows they are being victimized.
This victim is the rapist's audience. This is crucial.
The audience gives the rapist pleasure, euphoric delight from unfettered, witnessed suffering. That euphoria is intense and is possibly driven by the same neurobiology involved in a drug high.
Now, when Reddit invites rapists to retell their stories, they offer an audience of thousands. The possibility that individuals reading these stories will be horrified afresh is very appealing to some rapists. It’s neurobiologically very much like anticipating drug use.
Note: the audience doesn’t actually need to be horrified. In the mind of the rapist, the possibility of horrifying an audience is what is appealing.
Ever wonder what makes addicts keep using? A major factor is the craving that comes from recalling the feelings associated with the pleasurable activity or drug. Cocaine addicts, active or in recovery, who are asked to think about using cocaine have measurable brain changes precisely when they report cravings. We haven't actually measured this in rapists, but we suspect it's highly analogous.
Thus, the Reddit rape forum is very possibly triggering rape cravings in rapists.
It is also teaching rapists how to rape better via shared stories, the same way we teach new participants to improve in any field, by sharing our experiences.
I plan to be available to discuss this, so jump in."



http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xf5c2/reddit_are_you_aware_how_dangerous_the_askarapist/

Jinxsays...

lol at the idea the Police should investigate these comments.

Even if tracked somebody down without the victims coming forward to testify how do they even have the start of case against anybody? If they have the victim already and a comment matches the crime then maybe...but otherwise it would seem like a waste of time. You'd think that if were an actual rapist bragging about it on the internet you might take steps to make your ip difficult to track...and then ofc its still a problem to match a person to an ip.

Don't have any opinion on the reddit thread in question though. As ever just take everything with a fucking handful of salt.

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