Men respond to essays on rape.
Oscar doesn't curse careers. The legacy of systemic, legitimated, covert, demonic oppression over the course of decades will also take decades to heal. Pain will continue to be inflicted, injustice will continue to be rampant. But becoming cynical and giving in to the prejudices that wrought the oppression in the first place will not hasten the recovery, it will delay it. The United States abolished slavery 135 years ago.