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 @naamamarom
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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Replying to @cheomitII @naamamarom
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @naamamarom
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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Replying to @cheomitII @naamamarom
Do they? The drink question is valid, of course. But the others seem immediately actionable.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @naamamarom
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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