Do we live in a Rape Culture?

[Belsnickel]

(05-05-2016, 09:45 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Like most issues today there are extremists on both sides.

I see some feminists that refuse to believe that not every claim of rape is true. But before I can criticize them I read posts around here about how the only thing Greg Hardy did wrong was hook up with the wrong type of woman.

Rape is the most difficult crime to prosecute. Many times both parties agree that there was a sexual encounter and the only question is what were both parties thinking at the time of the encounter. It is easy to put on proof that the sex happened, but it is much harder to prove what both parties were thinking at the time. That is why so many rape victims feel like they are mistreated by the judicial system. They can not understand why it is so hard to get a conviction based on nothing but her allegations that the sex was not consensual. Just proving that the sex might not not have been consensual is not enough to get a rape conviction. That has to be very frustrating to a woman who really was raped, but just can't prove it.

And while I am not going to say that there are not false accusations, this right here is why there is a perception of there being a higher prevalence of false accusations than their really are. It's like with Roethlisberger. There were no charges brought because they didn't have enough to press charges, let alone get a conviction. This creates the perception of a false accusation, but in reality we have no idea and depending on whether you wear purple or orange with your black or gold with it often determines how you view that situation.