Transman raped during robbery after rapist realised 'the victim was anatomically female'

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"Anderson was on probation in connection with the August 2012 fatal shooting of a Bridgeport high school student, when on Feb. 6, 2017, he saw the 22-year-old victim, who identifies as male, getting off a city bus.

The victim was walking home, listening to music on headphones when, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Colleen Zingaro said, Anderson struck the victim in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. He then dragged the victim a driveway. When he realized, after going through the victim’s clothing, that the victim was anatomically female, Anderson beat and raped the victim, Zingaro said.

Anderson fled after taking the victim’s cell phone and money. The victim, who suffered a fractured eye socket, had to undergo facial reconstructive surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital."

Nice long sentence for raping a female there

Unfortunately we have shorter sentences for rape in the uk

Well he didn't get very long for the previous murder. But perhaps that was because he was still 18 at the time.

Horrific.

I think the sentence reflects the fact that his life has been one long crime spree, and he doesn't show any empathy or remorse.

That is awful. No one deserves that. No one. I hope the victim gets all the help they need and that the monster who did it rots.

Utter bastard, that poor TM. Sadly this proves again that you can't identify out of having biology and violent sods like this don't care how you identify or see yourself.

This is very sad but not sure what point you are making OP. Are you suggesting the sentnce was longer because the victim identified as male?

Are you suggesting the sentnce was longer because the victim identified as male?

err, where did you get that from?

good to see a rape conviction and with a long sentence. The perpetrator needs to be away from society.

i hope it brings the victim some peace.

Jesus Christ. 20 years is more than he’d get here but this person should be in jail for life. He’s shown he can’t change.

What a horrific attack.

And another example of endemic male violence against women.

Awful. Knicknack has said what I would have.

I got that it doesn't matter how you identify, if you have a female body then men will rape you, not to do with the sentence?

I think OP was alluding to the fact that biology is the primary reason for oppression - I may be wrong though.

Biology is the primary reason for our oppression. It doesn't matter how a person "identifies", their sex is what counts when it comes to oppressing or being oppressed.

Absolutely heyduggee, I also assumed it was posted to prove we can't id our way put of biologically-based assaults.

Yes my point with this thread was that rapists don't care about your gender identity - biology is absolute.

There is another case here www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15596180.transgender-victim-glad-he-reported-rape/

Where the rape victim unsuccessfully tried to persuade the rapist that he was not female.

I understood that that was what OP was getting at. You cannot identify out of biological reality and the oppression/abuse/assault resulting from it especially if you are female

Are you suggesting the sentnce was longer because the victim identified as male?

Not sure why you would jump to that conclusion. In general sentences are longer in the US than the UK.

I echo a previous poster's assertion that one just cannot identify out of one's biology. This is such a violent, brutal illustration of that.

Indeed.