This is a very effective way to beat down poor and oppressed people, who do not have the time to prosecute their cases. Time is money to poor people. To go to Sacramento means loss of a days pay- often a loss of a job.
became the butt of the joke at school and at family gatherings. People mocked me, imitated me, and tried to “correct” me through beatings, starving me, tying me to a bed, punishment, and humiliation. It stopped when I finally learned how to act masculine.