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Lara Logan Assault: Why Her Good Looks Are Coming Under Attack Too
Rape is something that should never to be made light of, never to be joked about and the victim should never be considered to be “asking for it,” just because they are attractive. But that’s just what seems to be happening in the wake of the brutal assault on Lara Logan. The CBS corespondent was raped during what should have been a night of celebration, but instead Lara Logan was viciously assaulted on February 11th. She is now safely back in the states and is recuperating in the hospital. This was a horrible attack, one that she – and no-one – deserves, but some sites are implying that just because she happened to be blond and attractive, that this scenario was not just occupational hazard of being pretty but that this kind of attack was inevitable.
What is being said?
On February 3rd, after news that Lara Logan had been detained in Egypt, The Mofo Politics blog said, “OMG if I were her captors and there were no sanctions for doing so? I would totally rape her.” But after their fantasy came true, they deleted that part of the blog post saying, “Super funny joke deleted in light of the sad news that Lara Logan actually was raped in Egypt. Can I just say, however, that I sooo totally called this.”
Oh my god. How tacky is that?
And it’s not just them, although not as hardcore. The LA Weekly writer Simone Wilson made a point to mention Logan’s “shocking good looks and ballsy knack for pushing her way to the heart of the action.” She took liberties in trying to imagine what happened that night saying: “In a rush of frenzied excitement, some Egyptian protestors apparently consummated their newfound independence by sexually assaulting the blonde reporter.” Salon writer Mary Elizabeth Williams gave her reply saying, “Well, sure, what other motive for an assault could there be, given that Logan is, in Wilson’s words, a “gutsy stunner” with “Hollywood good looks?” And how else do Egyptians celebrate anyway but with a gang rape? It’s not like she deserved it, but well, she is hot, right?”
Why, just because Lara Logan is attractive does it make the act of brutal assault justifiable? If she was more homely would there be more outrage?
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ENB commented on Feb 15 11 at 11:08 pmEgyptians are sub-human animals like all muslims. Let’s face it, they are not living in this century, and their behavior proves their no better than animals who should be treated with disdain.
Durendal commented on Feb 16 11 at 6:30 amThis is sadly quite a common problem in all Islamic countries.These societies have a different cultural concept about the place and role of woman.It’s a way in which they control and intimidate woman from being active in public life.Egypt is notorious in this regard.I follow a young Coptic half Egyptian/Dutch woman who went to visit Egypt after the overthrow and she said she was surprised she wasn’t molested or touched for the first time in public.This made her feel that society was really changing.I felt it was rather optimistic.But it’s good to have hope I guess.
Also sexual assault has almost never something to do with how a woman looks.It’s not sexual desire that drives things like rape or sexual molestation it’s hatred for woman.It’s primarily a violent act not a lustful act.A sadistic desire for control and power over woman.It also doesn’t just extend to molestation or groping but also into things like business transactions.It’s socially not accepted in these countries that woman pay their own way. people can cause all kinds of problems if a woman attempts doing it.
ankush commented on Feb 16 11 at 12:43 pmLara Logan endured a “brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating” while covering the jubilation in Egypt last week following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, the network said today.
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ankush commented on Feb 16 11 at 12:57 pmKurtz : Lara Logan Being Released From Hospital Today!!!
Egypt last Friday, Howard Kurtz reports.Kurtz says that Logan had left Egypt, but had returned to interview Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who became a leading face of the Egyptian revolution. She then went to Tahrir Square in Cairo after the news of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation broke, and was separated from her crew. It was then that she was surrounded and assaulted.Watch Full Video at This Link : http://tinyurl.com/6jvn58s
Reggie1971 commented on Feb 17 11 at 1:04 pmIt is in no way justifiable, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t predictable. When you put an extremely attractive woman in the middle of a raucous crowd of men in a politically unstable foreign land, you can expect that some very bad things can happen.
In other words, she simply had no business being in that kind of environment without AMPLE security.
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