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Related: About this forumPeople were filming the woman raped on the Philly train
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/16/woman-assaulted-on-septa-train/police received reports of riders recording video or taking pictures while the rape took place.
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People were filming the woman raped on the Philly train (Original Post)
janterry
Oct 2021
OP
Also an old feminist myself. You are absolutely correct. It's getting much worse
Walleye
Oct 2021
#8
And if they filmed in lieu of calling the cops, they were abetting the crime.
marble falls
Oct 2021
#2
niyad
(120,591 posts)1. There is no bottom to the misogyny and woman-hatred.
janterry
(4,429 posts)3. I've written before, it's getting much worse
People think that it's getting better. They are SO wrong. I say this as an old feminist - and as the mother of a very young adult. So, I see what her generation has to wade through. It is SO much worse for her
Scrivener7
(53,145 posts)7. It is absolutely getting worse. No question.
Walleye
(36,307 posts)8. Also an old feminist myself. You are absolutely correct. It's getting much worse
marble falls
(62,457 posts)2. And if they filmed in lieu of calling the cops, they were abetting the crime.
janterry
(4,429 posts)5. I kind of hope there are charges
Or at least they are 'outed'. I mean, what did they do with the video? Upload it? Were they trying to create a viral video?
ItsjustMe
(11,792 posts)4. The Accused
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094608/
janterry
(4,429 posts)6. I remember that film
and that scene.