A retired Aurora police sergeant is facing criminal charges for raping his daughter and sexually assaulting his two adopted daughters, but remains free from custody while his ex-wife is the

A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.

  • tb_
    5•4 months ago

    The issue often is that, just because it’s outwardly frowned upon, it doesn’t mean it won’t happen behind closed doors.

    Which isn’t to say any of your relatives are bad people, but a culture where speaking up is frowned upon encourages victims to hide their abuse.

    • @[email protected]
      1•4 months ago

      but a culture where speaking up is frowned upon encourages victims to hide their abuse.

      It’s not. It’s a different part of the world with a different kind of conservatism.

      I wrote and deleted an anecdote, point is - it’s not a Western atomized society, extended family and friends and various other social ties play a bigger role and all of those help the victim more than the abuser in such an event. Unless we are talking about some hopelessly poor village.

      Frankly if those ties would work the same in Western “conservative” settings, those would probably improve over time.