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Cosby Case Can Help Victims
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | February 12, 2016 | Shari Botwin

Posted on 02/14/2016 1:25:15 PM PST by SteveH

By Shari Botwin

A Montgomery County judge ruled last week that the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby may proceed. For countless people who have suffered in silence, including more than 50 women who have alleged that Cosby attacked them, the prosecution shows that the world is starting to condemn this kind of behavior and listen to its victims. My hope is that this will help many more survivors speak up soon after a crime occurs.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: billclinton; billcosby; cosby; putsomeiceonit

1 posted on 02/14/2016 1:25:15 PM PST by SteveH
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To: SteveH

The Cosby Case will put an end to this sort of thing alright.


2 posted on 02/14/2016 1:26:42 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: choctaw man

“The Cosby Case will put an end to this sort of thing alright.”

Well, it most likely won’t end this sort of thing, but it most assuredly will “end” Bill Cosby. Now if they can just prosecute Slick Willie too.


3 posted on 02/14/2016 1:29:31 PM PST by vette6387
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To: choctaw man

cm- not funny

from wiki

Power rapist

Amna Sur Museum in Sulaymaniyah. A replica of a Kurdish girl in prison. The girl was imprisoned at a young age. She was repeatedly beaten and raped by the guards in the prison, and died from her ordeal.

For these rapists, rape becomes a way to compensate for their underlying feelings of inadequacy and feeds their issues of mastery, control, strength, authority and capability. The intent of the power rapist is to assert their competency. The power rapist relies upon verbal threats, intimidation with a weapon, and only uses the amount of force necessary to subdue the victim.

The power rapist tends to have fantasies about rape and sexual conquests. They may believe that even though the victim initially resists them, that once they overpower their victim, the victim will eventually enjoy the rape. The rapist needs to believe that the victim enjoyed what was done to them, and they may even ask the victim to meet them for a date later.

Because this is only a fantasy, the rapist does not feel reassured for long by either their own performance or the victim’s response. The rapist feels that they must find another victim, convinced that this victim will be “the right one”.

Hence, their offenses may become repetitive and compulsive. They may commit a series of rapes over a short period of time.


4 posted on 02/14/2016 1:30:28 PM PST by SteveH
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To: choctaw man
...the prosecution shows that the world is starting to condemn this kind of behavior and listen to its victims.

Horse manure! Cosby started to tell the black community about what was wrong with it and they got tired of the truth. So he lost his protection and was vulnerable to this stuff. The liberals have also been normalizing this behavior, particularly after one Bill Clinton, and now when one of their icons get hit with it, suddenly the world realizes this stuff is wrong! Only liberals could be so obtuse.

5 posted on 02/14/2016 1:35:02 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: SteveH

That’s great, maybe this will set a precedent for the Clinton rape victims.

They should be able to sue Monica’s boyfriend’s wife....and the Clinton Crime Syndicate.


6 posted on 02/14/2016 1:36:33 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: SteveH

Shari Botwin needs a Quaalude and a stiff drink.


7 posted on 02/14/2016 1:41:27 PM PST by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: humblegunner

you too

:-)


8 posted on 02/14/2016 1:48:28 PM PST by SteveH
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To: SteveH
that the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby may proceed. For countless people who have suffered in silence

What...you mean he raped men too?

9 posted on 02/14/2016 1:50:49 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Cosby started to tell the black community about what was wrong with it and they got tired of the truth.

I was beginning to think I was the only one who had put this two and two together.

10 posted on 02/14/2016 1:52:43 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: SteveH

11 posted on 02/14/2016 1:59:00 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

the author apparently believes that women are people, too.

:-)


12 posted on 02/14/2016 2:58:08 PM PST by SteveH
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To: Gay State Conservative

better put some rice on that....


13 posted on 02/14/2016 3:15:32 PM PST by brivette
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To: SteveH
the author apparently believes that women are people, too.

Or that Cosby raped males too.

14 posted on 02/14/2016 3:50:38 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: SteveH

I’d come out or retirement to prosecute Cosby if that would ever would happen.


15 posted on 02/14/2016 3:54:20 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Have to start somewhere... why not with Bill (Cosby, that is).

:-)


16 posted on 02/14/2016 8:33:39 PM PST by SteveH
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