It's an interesting question. I'm not sure I came away with a clear understanding of the article's thesis on what the answer is. If I really had to guess, I'd j

It's an interesting question. I'm not sure I came away with a clear understanding of the article's thesis on what the answer is. If I really had to guess, I'd just say that culturally rapists and sexual predators are the worst kinds of criminals in the United States. Far worse than murderers. It permeates media. Not sure I've ever, even once, seen a fictional character achieve redemption after committing rape. I'm not even sure I've seen a character consider seeking redemption or expressing remorse after committing rape. If you do it, you're a monster, and probably have myriad other awful traits in addition to being physically weird-looking or having a creepy goblin-esque set of mannerisms that only manifest in the most private moments, and are prone to quietly staring at someone so they can have a chance to intuit that you're a sexual predator by appearance alone. And so if you're trying to make a conspiracy theory that says the libs are just the worst, you say they're rapists. Bojack Horseman is the closest example I can think of, in which he is not bad faith accused of such things, and feels vaguely accountable for them even if he wasn't actually a rapist. And just to be clear, I do think rape and sexual exploitation is maximally bad. I think our cultural understanding and characterization of rapists is terrible and harmful to everyone, especially victims, and that saying our this does not in any way diminish the badness of it. edit: and for completion, it used to be worse to be a witch, or a commie.