s**twalk: A Self Defeated Movement? - Page 4

Originally posted by: luv_wacko

yes the woman was tribal!

Originally posted by: angie.4u

...you may as well have said... that the man was a scholar.

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Did this really happen somewhere🤢🤢

That judge needs to be hanged🤢🤢

There are some completely ludicrous notions of rape. I'm not sure how true it is but recently in Italy a rapist pleaded 'not guilty' on the grounds that the victim was wearing skin tight jeans and he could not have pulled them off unless he helped. The judge bought that argument.

Another common defense/myth, which surprisingly many people actually do buy is that if the victim ends up having an orgasm it means she enjoyed it and hence gave consent.

One that really gets me is the belief that a wife cannot be raped by the husband. Many small town, rural folk believe that it is the duty of the wife to please the husband. What reason is there for her to deny? It is not as if there is any social stigma of child or intercourse out of wedlock. It is not as if sexual relations with a husband will make a woman lose face. How dare she be selfish, self-centered and deny her husband a part of marriage. Sadly many women do get raped and abused by their husbands and society often refuses to give them the right to defend their dignity.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

One that really gets me is the belief that a wife cannot be raped by the husband. Many small town, rural folk believe that it is the duty of the wife to please the husband. What reason is there for her to deny? It is not as if there is any social stigma of child or intercourse out of wedlock. It is not as if sexual relations with a husband will make a woman lose face. How dare she be selfish, self-centered and deny her husband a part of marriage. Sadly many women do get raped and abused by their husbands and society often refuses to give them the right to defend their dignity.

Originally posted by: souro

This is one thing I don't get either. Not the part that force can be used but how will that be proved. Won't it just be his word vs her word?

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Every case of rape is an issue of he said vs. she said. The duty of the law is to investigate for the truth, and the duty of the court is to go with the version of the truth that holds most water. It is the best we can do.

Usually, but not always, rape can be identified as force is being used.

Originally posted by: souro

What I mean is, a married couple are expected to be involved in a physical relationship. In which case I think it's fairly difficult to establish that the sex was non-consensual unlike other rape cases where the perpetrator is a stranger and therefore the sex being forced becomes more plausible.

Originally posted by: souro

Another side of it is (though I don't know if it's possible), if there is some way (in the control of the woman) to make it appear that the sex was forced then then the opportunity to use it to falsely accuse someone is enormous.