It's obviously pretty fucked up no matter who does it. In some cultures it kind of lives at the fringes of criminal society and others it's pretty well tolerated.
To be fair, it wasn't all that long ago things like domestic abuse were sort of swept under the rug so to speak in American society.
Go to an American prison nowadays with a pedophilia or rape charge and you better hope nobody finds out why you're there. They have their own sort of moral code and they'll often send sex offenders to certain units with other sex offenders for their own safety. It's a liability thing.
There may well be honor among thieves.
