Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali were convicted of gang rape, kidnapping, robbery and terrorism offences back in March 2021 over the attack on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway.
Are you quibbling over two vs several? Or are you insinuating the title would be different if they were white? Because I’ve definitely seen the term applied to all races and any number of attackers.
Personally I don’t think we should worry that much about being politically correct when we’re talking about convicted sexual predators.
Not the commenting person, but many problems can stack. If they were white rich men, the headline would probably be along the lines of
“French Woman who engaged in sexual relations in front of her children, sues partners and wins in court.”
In this case, the French(white, tourist therefore rich) woman just happens to be higher in the totem pole than the Pakistani(therefore not white, criminal) men.
So the headline will just punch from low to lower, to reinforce the totem pole.
Gang rape: the rape of one person by several attackers in succession
Are you quibbling over two vs several? Or are you insinuating the title would be different if they were white? Because I’ve definitely seen the term applied to all races and any number of attackers.
Personally I don’t think we should worry that much about being politically correct when we’re talking about convicted sexual predators.
Not the commenting person, but many problems can stack. If they were white rich men, the headline would probably be along the lines of
In this case, the French(white, tourist therefore rich) woman just happens to be higher in the totem pole than the Pakistani(therefore not white, criminal) men.
So the headline will just punch from low to lower, to reinforce the totem pole.