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Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:00am
Film director Roman Polanski was recently arrested in Switzerland for possible extradition to the US to face charges for raping a 13 year old girl some 30 years ago. Many in the film industry have risen to defend him. In this commentary, Frann Michel demonstrates how these defenses reveal the male supremacy that lies at the heart of bourgeois ideology. Here are links to her sources:
Polanski's out-of-court settlement
Amanda Marcotte, plus this
Republican Senators against due process for rape victims
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