Oh, my, yes; that doesn't shock me even a little. (Not the part about Eminem's lyrics, but the part about how different the before/after reaction was and what that says about our social conditioning.) We're goddamn trained to justify and accept and obfuscate abusive behavior towards women, especially the sexual kind - it's amazing how easy it is for people to just ... glide right over it, so apathetic we don't even notice we're apathetic anymore.

My attitude towards the media fascination with Jack the Ripper before your rant the other day is, in fact, a pretty damn good case in point! >:[