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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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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a very vulnerable group when it comes to sexual assault, they are trusting and do not know when something wrong is going on - educating them about their own body and letting them know they can come forward and speak about anything is important. The treatment to victims who come..
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Replying to @naamamarom @cheomitII
I find it hard to believe this is not already happening. You'd have to live as a hermit in the woods to miss the constant barrage of information and campaigning on consent and sexual assault
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A lot of people didn't get message - mainly because our society still sends mixed messages regarding consent and sex. I was sexually assaulted in what started as consensual sex but then when I told to pull out he ignored me. Our society sends young men mixed messages about this.
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Does it? I see American women disagree about this.
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