For the left ecosystem, rape now ‘exists on a spectrum’ and rapists need care: Read why this should worry women and children

· OpIndia

An Indian-origin transgender, non-binary Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region, Q Manivannan, is facing huge backlash after he called a heinous crime like rape ” existing on a spectrum”. Manivannan, who was elected to the Scottish Parliament in May, made the controversial remarks about rape during an episode of The Subjective Space, a podcast hosted by Dr Sindhu Rajasekaran. The episode was recorded in February last year, a clip from which went viral, attracting widespread criticism and stirring a debate.

During the podcast, which was titled “On care, grief and words”, Manivannan argued against “demonisation of rape” and advocated for expressing care towards rapists. He began by explaining how, in his opinion, a rapist should not be viewed through a stereotypical lens as “a monster rapist” and that anyone, including a person like himself, was capable of committing rape. He further claimed that such extreme portrayals of rapists take the attention away from the discussion on why such crimes happen.

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“I think this idea that the rapist is the ‘big burly man’ is not necessarily unfounded, because that’s the individual I’m most scared of on a day-to-day basis, but it’s also an entity that is misconstrued simply because I think any individual is capable of it: including yourself (podcast host Dr Rajasekaran) and me,” the MSP said.

He claimed that an offence like rape is just a question of “circumstances” that lead a person to such an act. And, therefore, perpetrators of crimes like rape also deserve sufficient care. Manivannan believes that it is the act of rape which should be condemned and not the person who commits it because, according to him, rape exists on a spectrum, and no act on the spectrum is “less or more worse”.

After his insensitive remarks drew widespread criticism, Manivannan defended himself by claiming that his words were taken out of context and misconstrued.

Manivannan’s statement, initially, appears to be a sophisticated observation about a crime like rape. But a closer look unravels the underlying attempt at blurring the lines between traditional categories of a victim and a perpetrator. His statement reflects an insidious effort at interchanging empathy and the burden of proof between the victim and the perpetrator. This is a classic manoeuvre of the subscribers and propagators of the leftist and trans ideologies, aimed at creating a society that runs on the whims of individuals rather than on the foundation of justice and morality.

Their distorted worldview, emerging from their sense of insecurity and victimhood, is focused on eliminating the distinctions between a victim and a perpetrator, a man and a woman, and even a right and a wrong. The worldview prioritises feelings over facts, emotions over biology and subjective opinions over reality. In this worldview, a person with a penis can be a woman, and an individual with a uterus can be a man; a child can be adult enough to be sexualised, and a criminal could be a victim if he/she identifies as one.

The blurring of foundational categories of a society is a classic trait of the identitarian left, of which the trans ideology is a sub-part. The ideology treats all categorical boundaries such as man-woman, adult-child and even victim-perpetrator as an artificial construct imposed by a repressive society. The goal is to break free from all societal moulds and be guided by emotions instead of sanity and reason.

The underlying principle of the ideology is that self-determination trumps observable reality. Manivannan applies the same principle to a crime like rape, where a rapist could be a self-determined victim of his circumstances.

The subscribers of this ideology want to convince the entire society that womanhood is an emotional state and not a biological fact. Its dangerous implications became visible in the West, where biological males identifying as ‘women’ competed with biological females in various sports and won medals. After decades of struggle, women were able to create spaces for themselves in areas traditionally dominated by men. But with the growing influence of trans ideology, these spaces are being threatened by a self-determined class of victims.

With the increasing appeal of these distorted ideologies, one wonders how feasible it is to give birth to and raise children among people who normalise paedophilia and justify sexual crimes against children by blurring the lines between the victim and the perpetrator? The troubling impact of this ideology is that the costs are borne by women and children. Removing basic safeguards that protect privacy and bodily autonomy leaves women and children vulnerable. This is a striking contrast to the ideology’s purported aim of protecting and empowering the weaker and marginalised sections of society.

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