What Singaporeans think about Molestation

[mollymeek]

- Woman molested (or so it is said) at Sentosa Siloso Beach Countdown Party
- Someone recorded the incident on video
- RazorTV reporters go around asking people for their opinions

I'm not sure if RazorTV is deliberately generating a stereotypical spin or if most of the men interviewed seem to be blaming molested woman. Nevertheless, amongst the views

Comments

[anonymous]

You are all missing the point. It doesn't matter if she is a transversite or not. The fact that a crime is committed in public and no one chooses to help is disappointing. Those 4 as well as onlookers should be arrested for committing and abetting the crime.

[mollymeek]

I think you are mistaken here. Neither Molly nor anyone who has commented here thinks that it matters whether the victim is a transvestite.

As for abetting the crime by being onlookers, it is a more problematic issue. It depends on whether people are obliged to "help". Certainly, it would not be right to look and support the molesters. But to witness it without doing anything could be due to many reasons. If I cannot handle the four molesters, I hope I'm not obliged to "help" the victim. I could be an eye-witness though.

[anonymous]

I think it's a case of bystander effect that ppl didn't step up to help.

What if they are friends and they are all willing parties? Then it won't be a case of molestation but rather public indecency.

Why am I responsible to help her when others are not doing anything?

I'm not saying that it's right, but I guess these will be some of the questions I might ask myself if I witness it personally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

[mollymeek]

That too, of course. There is the whether of whether the onlooker can determine that a woman is being molested. But even when it is obvious that the woman is molested, I don't think the issue is one of responsibility to help. It would be good to have people helping and it would be sad to be attacked and no one helps, but to say that others are responsible might be stretching it too far.

[anonymous]

Is molesting a kitten and cat a crime ? Damn, I saw perverted Singaporeans caressing the cat without permission and even blatantly laughing that "It's so cute !". Okay, I need to go now and report a police case about this. The cat will have the last laugh thinking "It is even cuter that human goes to jail because they molest me for my cuteness."

[mollymeek]

Molly shall take the next cute guy she sees home and keep him home. People do it to cats too, so it should be fine.