Criminals from good families aren’t just harassers, rapists and pedophiles with power. They are also all the men who wield their power, status and prestige in defense, support and legitimization of rape and sexual harassment. And they are the people in the second circle of support for the rapists and harassers: the people who protect and legitimatize rape culture. They are every man who has stayed mum, oppressed women, or ran roughshod over us with his prestige.
It’s not easy to get at the criminals from good families and the men who stand behind them, but it can be done. For instance, by a 22-year-old woman with a computer, Instagram account and enough anger and courage. That’s exactly what Nadeen Ashraf, a young Egyptian woman, did on the night of July 2 this year. She went after criminals from good families.
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