Minnesota nursing home defends rapist: 89-year-old victim was a ‘flirt’

Feb 24, 2014 22:50


An elderly woman in Minnesota is seeking punitive damages against a nursing home that placed her in a mental health facility and protected her attacker after she was raped.

According to court documents obtained by the Star Tribune, Edgewood Vista senior living facility forced the 89-year-old woman to spend 72 hours in the mental health unit of St. ( Read more... )

sexual assault, facepalm, fuckery, rape culture, elderly, rape

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rhysande February 25 2014, 22:09:39 UTC
Flirting signals a willingness to engage in conversation. It does not imply consent.

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bethan_b_bad February 25 2014, 23:19:26 UTC
Could you cut the post, please? The references to the victim's injuries are... yeah.

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urfvrtweapon February 25 2014, 23:38:50 UTC
What's cutting the post? I'm new to posting.

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bethan_b_bad February 26 2014, 00:06:33 UTC
LJ-Cuts.

They're generally used to prevent people from reading things they may not want to. In this case, triggering content.

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urfvrtweapon February 26 2014, 03:06:25 UTC
Thank you.

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tabaqui February 25 2014, 23:44:12 UTC
Revolting. Holy *crap*.

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gloraelin February 26 2014, 03:32:33 UTC
*vomit*

I can't even read the whole post. I wish I could channel some of my rage into healing that poor woman's pain and into setting everyone else's pants ON FIRE.

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