If that was true no one would have voted for Roy Moore, how seriously do we really take sexual assault in this country when we elected a president that bragged about it on tape?
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You've actually just pointed out one of the biggest problems that isn't addressed by our justice system, most of the times it will be his word against her word, so beyond reasonable doubt is very hard to reach. But think further about what kind of society you create when rapists.
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How should the justice system be addressing it?
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Well ok, this is a long list: the first thing we need is a social change - in our society women's sexuality is over valued and men's is undervalued (which is why men getting raped by women is considered a joke). A social change would inlude educating young adults about consent...
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You think they're not? That people rape because no-one has ever explained to them that they need consent?
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Yes. Like my story before - none of the people with me realized they were talking about sexual assault. I've also heard reports from other women where the rapist tried to make them feel good, but ignored the signs that they did not want to have sex.
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When men asked each other if they'd be able to stop when about to orgasm?
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Yes, but the question wasn't if they could stop - but if they would do it.
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One man actually answered it and said "sorry, at that point a woman is already committed".
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I don't have an answer; but I'm also not talking primarily about the legal standard, either. And doesn't have to be a car - if I say my wallet was stolen, I may get a single "you didn't just misplace it?", followed generally by belief when I say I haven't.
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Well, women don't get asked if they accidentally fell on men's dicks either. The police know they will have to get evidence of coercion rather than consent so they have to ask this.
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No, but they do (not always, of course) ask "what were you wearing", "how much had you had to drink", "why were you out alone", and many other completely irrelevant - and dismissive, blame-shifting - questions.
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Do they? The drink question is valid, of course. But the others seem immediately actionable.
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The only way the drink question is valid is if it's being used to determine inability to consent (ie were you so drunk that it was definitely rape because you couldn't possibly have consented). Not convinced that's the usual reasoning, though...
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Or to remember. Or if you are still drunk when being interviewed. Police would have to establish if a witness or victim of a crime was in full possession of their faculties.
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