well yeah this is the shit that happens when you restrict abortion and birth control and force people, especially children, to have children they can’t raise and don’t want to and shouldn’t have to.
I’ll never forget when my classics professor told me “nowhere in history is there such thing as a conflict where armies cross through a civilian area without raping.”
“And what I think is important to know is a lot of the increase in rape also comes from an expanded definition of what counts as rape, as well as survivors coming forward for acts that took place years prior,” Mamdani said. “And we are thankful for them coming forward, the courage and the bravery it takes, but just to provide New Yorkers with that context.”
In 2024 New York instituted a new law that, per the NYPost, "classifies rape as nonconsensual or forcibly compelled sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct after previously defining rape as only nonconsensual or forcibly compelled vaginal penetration by a penis."
So... New York (rightly!) expanded the definition of what counts as rape. More survivors (thankfully!) came forward. As a result, official rates of rape increased. So Mamdani was... right and everyone is just yelling about this in bad faith?
It was already apparent why Matt Johnson was drawn to the project, but this quote sums up why so precisely it’s insane. I love that his entire filmography is basically about people with big ambitions learning to embrace and accept failure
They cut funding for your healthcare, your children’s schools, and disease control.
But they can fund flock, data centers, wars that make everything harder. ICE can kill with impunity.
And if you dissent to any of it, you’ll be called a “commie” and they want to kill you too.