Do we live in a Rape Culture?

[Benton]

(05-09-2016, 09:33 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: I would think that the prosecutor would continue the case if they know that they could still win w/o her testimony. The case that you described had him admitting it, and had a witness, plus some physical evidence. Personally I don't think any prosecutor would let that case go, because it would be a very easy win for the prosecutor.

But that's the problem that comes from how our society (and many others) looks at rape and non consensual sex. If you put a woman in front of a judge and ask her if she was raped and she says no — even if there's evidence to the contrary — there's a good probability a case like that is getting dismissed. Because we look at rape with the intent of both parties, as opposed to crimes like assault where, typically, you're only looking at the perpetrator's intent, and not the person who got assaulted. Same with the bulk of crimes, where the person getting robbed generally isn't brought up in the context of the charges.

I've never heard a prosecutor move to dismiss because the victim of a robbery didn't want to come forward and get his stuff back, or the victim of an assault didn't want to stand up in court and say they got beat up in front of everyone.