Why anyone believes the ignorance, I don’t know
by Matt | February 5th, 2008 |I caught a commentary written at a conservative Canadian site:
But the real reason I bring up this story is to point out the grossly homosexualised hypocrisy and blatant propaganda seems to be endemic in so much of the mainstream media coverage of cases of sexual assault or abuse. Take a look at the following headlines.
Scout Leader Accused of Abuse - The New York Times
Female coach jailed in sex case - Calgary Herald
Sexual exploitation draws 18 months; Teacher had affair with 14-year-old girl - Edmonton Journal
Canadian sought for Thai sex crimes; Man born and raised in region allegedly abused kidnapped boy - The Kitchener Record
Abused - by a trusted teacher - Montreal Gazette
Former P.E.I. girl’s soccer coach convicted of sexually exploiting player - Canadian Press
Judgment day for soccer coach - The Halifax Daily News
Verdict near in soccer sex trial - Calgary Herald
Man avoids jail after trading for sex with teen; Cadet leader offered boy, 15, computer - Calgary Herald
Every single one of the headlines I just mentioned is about a case of homosexual sexual abuse. Yet where do you see the word “gay” or “lesbian” in the title. Even in the three titles that reveal that the case is same-sex in nature (in each case, in the 2nd half of the title, or what might appear as the sub-title in the hardcopy version of the paper), they do not use the word “lesbian” or “gay.”
It appears to be an unwritten - or maybe it is written somewhere - code among Canada’s homosexualised mainstream media, that they must do whatever is in their power to do to protect the image and reputation of homosexuals. Therefore, one has to avoid any kind of link at all between a homosexual sex abuser and his “sexual orientation.”
Ignorance. Pure and simple. I guess he hasn’t stopped to think that when we report male-on-female rape, abuse or sexual assault we don’t label it as a “heterosexual crime” either.
Ignorance. Pure and simple. Really… people believe this… yeah, they really do.
3 Responses to “Why anyone believes the ignorance, I don’t know”
Sexual violence against children is completely orthogonal to sexual orientation. The overwhelming majority of males who rape boys self-identify as heterosexual.
Rape of children is about power, not sex, in exactly the same way that rape of adult women is about power, not sex.
By KipEsquire on Feb 5, 2008
It goes back to the old status/behavior distinction. Lots of people out there define homosexuality as the act of having sex with somebody of the same gender - NOT as an orientation. Remember, these are the folks who believe that gays are confused or perverted heterosexuals. Under this mindset, a married man (to a woman) who has sex on the side with men is bisexual, not gay-in-denial.
Since the identity is determined by behavior in this mentality, if the behavior is in any way same-sex, then the perpetrator is homosexual - without a paradigm for an internally perceived orientation, the fact that pedophilia is, as you say, orthagonal to orientation doesn’t even make sense. “Wait,” you say, “shouldn’t they be claiming these rapists are bisexual, then?” Yes, that would make sense - but when you’re a bigot, a queer’s a queer, and they’re all equally wrong anyway.
By Casey on Feb 5, 2008
Which actually brings up another interesting angle - the way that opponents to equal rights for GLBT people will oppose protections based on “sexual orientation” by claiming that protecting gays opens a slippery slope to protecting other “orientations” like pedophilia, sadomasochism, etc. The confusion about what sexual orientation is as a trait, as opposed to sexual behaviors, is something that is easily exploited by those seeking to uphold “traditional” sexual standards and restrictions.
By Casey on Feb 5, 2008