The Bear Didn't Build a Rape Academy

About this episode

This episode discusses a CNN investigation into a network where men teach each other how to drug and assault their wives, highlighting the dangers of online communities and the radicalization of misogyny.

CNN spent months undercover inside a network where men teach each other how to drug, rape, and film the assault of their own wives. The website at the center of it had 62 million visits in one month. Most from the US. It is still live. Robin breaks down the full investigation: the Telegram groups where thousands of men workshop sedative dosages and livestream assaults for paying audiences. Why perpetrators are choosing Ambien specifically because it doesn't show up on standard drug panels. The stories of three survivors, all assaulted by the men they were married to. The connection to the Gisèle Pelicot case. The radicalization pipeline from pick up artist culture to Red Pill ideology to Telegram rape groups to TikTok "training in case she says no" videos. Why Section 230 protects the platform. Why a 20 year old woman in Brazil was stabbed 50 times for declining a date. Why women on Threads are naming their rapists. And why the bear was right all along. If this episode hits you, share it. Send it to someone who needs to hear it. You know who. Robin doesn't do fair. Robin does factual. KEYWORDS/TAGS: rape academy, CNN investigation, sexual assault, drug facilitated sexual assault…

People in this episode

Host: Robin

Topics covered

• drug facilitated sexual assault
• sexual violence
• Telegram groups
• Red Pill ideology
• survivor stories
• platform accountability

Keywords

• rape academy
• CNN investigation
• Ambien
• manosphere
• violence against women
• true crime
• platform accountability
• believe women
• radicalization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

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