The Politicians are Raping Us

Usually when we talk about how the politicians are raping us, we are only speaking figuratively.

Jacob Zuma is the new president of the African National Congress. This means that he is almost certain to become the next president of South Africa.

Zuma is an admitted rapist. His defense in court was that the victim was wearing a knee-length skirt and therefore it was his duty as a Zulu male to rape her.

With that excuse, Zuma was acquitted of the crime.

Nature may have another punishment in store for Mr. Zuma. The young lady he raped was HIV positive at the time and Mr. Zuma admits that he raped her without using a condom. He feels safe though — because he took a shower afterwards.

It’s pretty easy for us to feel morally an intellectually superior to a man who feels it is acceptable to force himself sexually upon an unwilling and defenseless female — and feels that he can protect himself from AIDS with a shower. However, that fool is set to become the leader of the most powerful country in Africa.

It’s more strange, however, to consider how common it is to have a rapist leading your country.

Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua, raped his own step daughter from the time she was eleven years of age. Moshe Katsav, the president of Israel until 1 July 2007, almost certainly committed sexual assault upon a number of women. Our own Bill Clinton is almost certainly guilty of raping Juanita Broaddrick in 1978 — as well as an enormous number of other sex crimes over the years.

Some men like to feel power. The power they achieve through politics is no different to them than the power they achieve by forcing themselves sexually upon defenseless females.

The next time you see a politician on TV, think about why they do what they do.  Think about their motivations.  Think about the power that they have over you.  If you think hard enough, you may understand how those women feel.