Re: TW - Ohio University student regrets sex after pic/vids
SexyStephXS said:
Considering the fact that it seems like every time someone is raped and there is a news story about it, someone comes on here and posts a thread about how it's probably a lie I'd say the general public believes false allegations to happen far more than 2%-8% of the time. What I generally hear from people is 50% of "rapes" are a lie, so yes, the general public assumes false allegations account for higher percent of rapes cases than they really do.
Are we saying "it's probably a lie" or are we saying "it's too early to crucify him"? There's a HUGE difference. The first is saying that she's a liar, no benefit of the doubt for her. The second is saying we need to give him the benefit of the doubt.
The point of "innocent until proven guilty" is to avoid punishing someone for doing nothing wrong. Let me give you an example. A girl is walking through a store, and she pulls out her recently-bought chapstick and uses it. As she puts it away, she's accosted for having stolen the chapstick. She bought it, but she doesn't have a receipt on her, because she threw it away. She had just opened it yesterday, and only used it the once. Should they find her guilty? What if there's no cameras to prove that she was never near the chapstick display? And what if it turns out that there is indeed a stick of chapstick stolen? Lie detectors are unreliable, so she's in trouble. Except for this one little thing. She's not guilty until she's been proven guilty.
Why should it be different for someone who has been accused of rape, when it hasn't been proven he raped her?
The three biggest reasons I've heard of for women to lie about rape are:
-to get out of trouble for something else
-to get back at someone they happen to be mad at
-to get attention
When it comes to nearly anything sexual, we have this idea that the woman's say goes no matter what. Women get to decide to have a baby, even if the man doesn't want to. You say women are ridiculed when they say they were raped, have you ever seen what happens to a man when he does the same thing? Go look it up. As for the trial and everything being painful, if it's not bringing up a memory of a painful thing, how is it painful? The reason the trial is painful to rape victims is because they have to remember the rape in detail as the trial is going on. It's like a second rape. But if the rape never happened, then there's nothing for her to remember. No pain. Nothing but attention.
It is very true that there are all sorts of types of rapists. There are actually six types, and only one of them is the opportunist.
This youtube video is a very good dissection of the matter. I think everyone in this thread should watch it. (I'd post it here, but the post is long enough, it's "Rape & Psychology: Examining the Facts" by DangerousAnalysis).
But no one here is saying "she had a miniskirt on". No, what we're saying is "he was just as drunk as she was." We're saying "her hand is pushing his head into her pussy". We're saying "she looked at the camera and gave it a thumbs up". Those last two are clear signs of consent. Yes, it's pretty shitty to go up to a drunk woman and proposition her. But what if a drunk woman approaches you, and is rubbing all up on your dick? What if your drunk boyfriend comes home, pulls of his pants, and starts undressing you? What if you're drunk, and you go home, strip naked, and start fondling him? Is he supposed to turn you down when you've tried five times to get him to take you to bed just because you're drunk? Would you turn him down when he's practically begging you for sex, just because he's drunk?
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As to how many are unreported... we don't know how many are really unreported. We really don't. You can't know that. And as for "not knowing you were raped". I'm sorry, but how can you avoid knowing it?
Someone tries to have sex with you. You say "no". They continue anyway. Seems pretty clear-cut to me.
You wake up with alcohol on your breath. you don't remember what happened the night before, but your pussy feels like you just had wild and crazy sex and you have no clue where you are. Kinda gonna suspect something there.
Shit, let's do this one:
-you don't remember most of last night, but you know there was a party in there somewhere. Go to the police, and tell them "I don't remember last night, can you make sure no one had sex with me without my knowledge?" They can test you for dna everywhere and find out on the spot.