Anya Cain (4:31)
Yeah, very serious and involving some not so good gentlemen and in relationships. So this is some. An article that was sent to me by a wonderful listener, longtime listener, appreciate that person. And it involves a very disturbing global phenomenon. So we all know that the Internet is something that has, you know, fostered communities around all sorts of things. If you have an interest, the saying goes, you know, you can find other people with that interest. And it's, it's shaped, it's reshaped things like fandom of movies and television shows and music. It's reshaped things around sexuality, perhaps. And sometimes that can be a positive thing. Finding other people who, you know, maybe share your interests, not necessarily a bad thing. But it can be an extremely bad thing when those interests are the illegal and abusive exploitation of vulnerable people, sexually speaking. And, and that is what the CNN's report kind of uncovered. It's part of their as Equal series, which details things around gender inequality. And I, you know, I was pretty stunned reading it. It's something that you kind of imagine does happen where you have essentially what, what some of the people in this article are calling rape academies, where they're groups of men, seemingly mostly men, getting together and discussing how to drug and then rape women in their lives. And what's especially disturbing about this is obviously every instance of rape, no matter how who it happens to or what the circumstances are, is disturbing. It's, it's, it's a very, it's an inherently disturbing and horrible crime, and it's Something that, you know should be taken seriously as a result of that. But what we have here is people plotting oftentimes to do it to their own wives or girlfriends. So it's like this breach of trust. The person that you trust to protect you or to be a partner to you is actually, in some of these cases, the person who is plotting against you to use your body in ways that you're not consenting to. That's very, very disturbing. I thought this was a very impressive reporting job done by cnn. I'm going to link to the article. I recommend that people read it to get the full story. I'll summarize some of the things that I thought were interesting. So what the CNN investigative report found was that they were looking at this pornography site called motherless.com and they saw this proliferation of quote, unquote, sleep content. And these have things like, hashtag passed out, hashtag eye check. The eye check is when the man then goes to the woman and kind of pulls up her eye to. So she, you know, so she's sleeping, if that makes sense. And this site claims that all of its stuff is legal, but at the very least, some of this stuff is questionable or at least implying a certain level of illegality and catering to sexual interests and proclivities that can quickly spiral into being illegal once the person, you know, starts enacting these fantasies on an unwitting participant. CNN connected this to the trial involving Dominique and Giselle Pellicott in southern France, where a husband was accused of drugging his wife multiple times. And he and, like, 50 other men would come in and rape her during those times. And that trial happened in 2024, I believe he was convicted. And some instances that CNN saw, they found one motherless user who claimed to be in North Africa and claimed to be able to sell sleeping liquids to any address in the world. They found men essentially trying to train each other on best practices on how to do this without getting caught. How to slip drugs into their, you know, into female acquaintances, romantic partners, whatever, food and drink, in order to make them pass out and be able to do what they want. And it's like, it's not just that they have this fantasy around raping women as they sleep. It almost is like they get off on the idea that it's a violation. It's not enough for them to just role play something. You know, people have dark fantasies if they're, you know, but they're not, like, content to just have it remain a fantasy or to have a consensual partner. I think they're getting off on the transgressive nature of it. And they're predators, they're abusers. And there were live stream. They would. Some of them would talk about live streaming this abuse in real time, charging cryptocurrency fees in order to join that. You had men talking with each other, like, how do I avoid. Like, I don't want her to overdose. And then they'll be all like, death investigation. How do I avoid that? You know, giving each other tips. And one woman that CNN talked to talked about how she was married to a man for 16 years, shared children with him. This was in the United Kingdom. And then in 2018, he confessed to her what he had been doing right after they came back from church and that he'd been doing this for years. He would take her a cup of tea before bed and drug that. And then she would be passed out at night and he would rape her. And he ultimately was sentenced to 11 years for rape. And just a horrible, horrible thing. She also talked about how, like, people almost have these assumptions, like, just because I was married to this guy does not mean he's entitled to do that. But people almost feel, well, he's your husband and you didn't feel anything because you were asleep. So it does not a big deal. And it is. It's a huge deal. It's a huge violation. It's a huge. It's rape. I mean, there's no. There's like, it's. It's rape or it isn't. And this is. And then they, you know, they talk to some experts about how basically this kind of voyeurism, this kind of abusive behavior is just kind of being increasingly glorified in some of these insular communities. And these predators are bonding with each other and teaching each other and trying to support each other and encourage one another's interests. So it's like kind of a self. It's a positive feedback loop. But, yeah, they're calling it like kind of rape academies. It's really horrible. I wanted to add one important thing, just in case, you know, I mean, hope. God, I hope nobody, you know, listens to this ever has to go through something like this. But in case you do, because it can happen to anybody. And in case, you know, somebody who goes through something like this, it's important to be aware of the symptoms of being dosed with knockout drugs like gb, ghb, Rufinol. They're very similar to being extremely intoxicated. Okay? So if you start suddenly start Feeling or acting or someone you know starts feeling or acting extremely intoxicated, and it doesn't make sense why they would be. That can be a sign. You could lose motor coordination, your speech starts to slur, you're very tired, you're weak. Visual impairment, and those typically tend to take place between 15 and 30 minutes after you consume those drugs. Now, it's very important to act quickly, and here's why. Rufinol, when it comes to roofing, if you do a urine test for that, and it can work up to five days after you have it. GHB, it's more like in the system for about 12 hours. And Zolpidem is even shorter, seven to eight hours. And so you. You want to. Basically, if you think that you've been drugged or spiked or whatever, or you think someone you know is, you need to tell someone you trust. Get to a hospital or call emergency services. The quicker that you can be tested for date rape drugs, the more likely they are to find it. And that can spur an investigation that can then bring the perpetrator to justice, which is necessary because it's not going to stop. People like this are just going to keep doing it as long as they can get away with it. So, yeah, that's something to be aware of. Very disturbing. Because it's like a lot of these women, it's like they love their husbands, they love their boyfriends. They're, you know, they trust them. And then to be violated in this way, I think that's a very scary thing. But unfortunately, oftentimes we have to be worried about the people in our life versus a stranger. You know, I mean, that's.
