04-29-2022, 07:57 PM
(04-29-2022, 07:02 PM)pally Wrote: Women have been taught since the dawn of time that rape is not taken seriously. It is not embarassment or shame that keeps a woman from reporting...it is fear.
Fear they won't be believed (huge huge huge factor)
Fear that somehow it will be her fault because of her behavior or the way she dressed
Fear that she will be treated like the perpetrator not the victim
Fear her entire life will be on display
All of which is true. None of which changes the fact that people shouldn't be punished for crimes that cannot be proven.
Yeah, it sucks for the real victims that rape is tough to prove in a "he said/she said" situation. But false rape accusations are a real thing and nobody should be going to jail just because someone says so.
