Letters to the Editor
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Feminism as a scapegoat
Do feminists encourage false negatives in rape? Have feminists worked so hard to champion rape victims’ rights that they believe without question? I think these are fair questions.
It's interesting how some people here are blaming and questioning feminism in this case. Yes, there were feminists quick to accuse these Duke players but feminists were not the only ones. Look at what the main stream media (including Salon) did with this story. There was a rush to judgement from a number of camps but this in no way can be blamed on feminists. The number of stories that analyzed the conflict between "privileged white athletes" and local "black poverty" show that this story, like most others, is about sensationalism and our collective rush to judgment, not about feminism.