[quote=scaredyclassic]male power and dominance reaches its apotheosis in current policing techniques and power. this article about officer holtzclaw and his getting away with raping vulnerable female arrestees/drug addicts kinda sums up the carte blance cops get:
I think your feeling that the police are our friends, and get a lot of leeway to exercise their testosterone filled rages on alleged perps, is simply buying into, perhaps unconsciously, the dominant male hold on control of women in our society. cops = male power = sexism at its very worst.[/quote]
I had spent some time reading about that case in the past, but didn’t know that he was acquitted. It doesn’t mention that in the piece that you’ve linked, either.
Clearly, this man is a violent criminal. As with any other violent criminal, he belongs behind bars, possibly for life, IMHO. He is a criminal in character, not a cop — just speaking of character here, not official designation. I do know how to distinguish between the two, while admitting that there are also some grey areas.
In a discussion of this case, this blogger, and some of the excellent commenters, do a good job of showing how sexism is often considered subordinate to racism.
But I’m sure that the opinions of these bloggers and commenters won’t count since they’ve actually experienced sexism and racism, thus whatever they see as sexist or racist is clearly just “imagined.” People who have never personally experienced sexism or racism are far more capable of opining about it, as ZK has repeatedly pointed out to us.
