You think theft is taken more seriously than rape because people don't give cars away as often as they have consensual sex? Do people really say 'Boys will be boys' about rape? Don't rapists have to be separated from other violent criminals for their own safety?
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I agree that sexual assault of men is not taken very seriously tho, particularly when done by women.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @naamamarom
That's a definite example. And not because people don't give cars away - because false reports of rape are no more common than false reports of robbery (sorry!) (https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-prevalence-of-false-allegations-of-rape-in-the-united-states-from-20062010-2475-319X-1000119.php?aid=86695 …). If we took rape and robbery equally seriously, we should be equally accepting of reports.pic.twitter.com/8vYhDLcMi4
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Replying to @cheomitII @naamamarom
Why are you sorry?! And how can you say both that false reports of rape are rare and that conviction rates are low? Are you assuming the guilt of all the people that juries, with all the evidence at their disposal, couldn't discover to be guilty beyond reasonable doubt?
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How do you suggest we ascertain beyond reasonable doubt that sex was non-consensual as easily as we can show that car theft was non-consensual?
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I wish we could show this but I just don't see how when people have sex all the time but don't give people their cars all the time. It ends up as one person's word against another's. It's horrible that this is the case but it is the case & I don't see a way to change that.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @cheomitII
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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Replying to @naamamarom @cheomitII
How should the justice system be addressing it?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @cheomitII
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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and free will when it comes to sex, and changing the attitude that see's a man's worth connected to how many women he can get and sex as a zero sum game where a woman always loses something and a man gains something. The other social change is about reporting rape: children are..
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That's unlikely to change much. Men will probably always be more interested in casual sex. This replicates on test after test.
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