There are too many people who don't understand "Rape is not hot" and who judge the faces of victims.

Why is it that quite a few people find "rape is hot"? Why do so many people insult the appearance of sexual assault victims? A girl who was assaulted by someone she met online tweeted to warn others that this person was a sex offender. In response, she was told things like, "You actually enjoyed it, didn’t you?" After she posted the tweet, she received a flood of comments calling her ugly. She then asked, "Why are you bringing up my appearance now? It’s irrelevant." But people responded angrily, saying, "Yeah, yeah, you just want someone to say you’re not ugly. You’re only posting this for attention—your rape claim is probably a lie too." Before she spoke about her assault, there were hardly any comments about her appearance, but after she did, they poured in. And she wasn’t the only one—when another girl shared her own experience of sexual assault, the replies were also filled with insults about her looks.

In this country, malicious scammers often pose as women and write things like "I was raped by my father" or "I was sexually abused" on their profiles to deceive men. This is done to attract people with sexual desires and lure them into scams. The fact that such tactics are so widespread suggests that a significant number of people are drawn to stories of sexual abuse with a sexual intent, which is truly horrifying. In fact, the woman from the first image I shared posted that when she mentioned being sexually abused by her brother to a man, many misinterpreted it as an attempt to seduce them with an "erotic story." Shockingly, her post even received comments saying, "It's her fault for sharing such an experience so carelessly." This highlights just how many people struggle to distinguish between sexual violence and consensual acts, to the extent that openly discussing sexual abuse is perceived as a means of "tempting" those with sexual motives.

I have had a similar experience myself. When I posted about how heartbroken I was after my father, who was taking photos during a trip, said to me, "Why not try taking some naked ones next?"—a person I knew replied, "So hot."