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https://momentmag.com/the-gang-rape-...the-exception/
In an outburst of shock, rage and disgust, the Israeli public is responding to the alleged gang rape by as many as 30 men of a 16-year-old girl while she was on vacation in Eilat, Israel’s southern resort city.
The police have set up a special task force. Eleven suspected perpetrators have already been arrested, ranging in age from minors as young as 16 to adults in their thirties. The proprietor of the hotel, a woman, has also been arrested for allegedly failing to prevent crime and obstruction of justice. A 19-year-old woman has been detained on suspicion of attempting to spread video recordings of the rape on social media.
This is not an isolated event. According to information provided by the Association of Rape Crisis Centers, one in three Israeli women is sexually assaulted and one in seven is raped during her lifetime. The Association receives an average of 250 calls from victims of gang rape each year—55 percent of them from teenagers.
In rape culture, “boys will be boys.” That is, we are supposed to assume that boys are somehow hard-wired for violence and sex. They should, therefore, be excused from bearing the consequences of their behavior, even if it hurts others physically and emotionally—especially if they are from “good families” or, in Israel, if they have served in “elite” military units.
Almost precisely a year ago, 12 such Israeli “good boys” returned home to a
heroes’ welcome after being released from jail in Ayia Napa, Cyprus following accusations of gang rape made by a British tourist. In the end, they were let off the criminal charges—although in Israel, they would have faced criminal charges for filming the sex, which they admit they did. But what about common decency, human concern and personal responsibility? That isn’t part of rape culture.
A fucking heroes welcome, nice.