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[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

All I can say is, I'm glad Jeff Epstein is dead and some of those who helped promulgate his sickness are in jail also. Far too many men get away with the abuse of women in this society. These men are all mentally ill, and they all need to be jailed for the remainder of their lifetimes.

[–] Vedlt@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I apologize, because this kind of sounds like a "not all men" comment, but I promise it's not meant to be. Unfortunately abuse is not just limited to being perpetrated by men, if I recall correctly Epstein famously had a female accomplice, who was apprehended and is serving time. Anyone perpetuating abuse is despicable and deserves our hate. I guess that goes without saying, however your use of "men" just stuck out in my mind and I wanted to make sure Ghislaine Maxwell and her ilk also get an equal amount of outrage directed at them.

Fuck all abusers and facilitators.

[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

if I recall correctly Epstein famously had a female accomplice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell

On 28 June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison

slap on the wrist

[–] Vedlt@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if I'd call 20 years a slap on the wrist, it is a significant chunk of time, but it is no where near enough for the shit they did. When I went to Wikipedia to double check my info and saw that was the sentence I was appalled that was all she got. They do all deserve a life sentence for what they did.

[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

I don't know if I'd call 20 years a slap on the wrist, it is a significant chunk of time,

You're correct. My use of the phrase wasn't really appropriate.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah this is one of the rare cases where it's absolutely fair to point out because it was an entire network with people from both genders participating or complicit in some way! We aren't discussing statistics, women were involved in these atrocities so it really would make more sense to be inclusive of all the abusers

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Here's picture of her

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The bottom b*tch is almost always a woman.