The rapist! (Moral arcs and redemption stories in the West look a little different, don’t they?) AdvertisementNow, considering what I know about India and its prevalent culture of rape, it sounded totally plausible, though I didn’t have time to investigate myself. As someone joked online: “‘a transgender Indian who defends rape’ feels like a made up character from a hamfisted right wing meme but here we are[.]” Like I argued in my subscriber newsletter essay this past Friday, less immigration is always more.