That's a picture from today of one of the millions of images in video games that depict sexual violence against women.
One image, one video game, one famous, powerful man acquitted of sexual assault or murder or both, one misogynist movie, one porn site that shows sexual violence, one sexist political leader; these don't necessarily create a boy who rapes and kills a teacher when he's 14.
The culture that creates, encourages, excuses, applauds sexual violence against women as a sign of manhood; that culture, which is our world culture, does.
I have no opinion about what Mr. Chism's sentence should be. I do have an opinion about misogynist culture that promotes sexual abuse, which is that it should stop.
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, December 16, 2015 @ 7:06 a.m.
