RE: How the fuck is there a statute of limitations for rape in New York?
October 17, 2016 at 1:34 pm
(October 17, 2016 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote:(October 15, 2016 at 10:44 am)Mermaid Wrote: Why should women report sexual assault? The norm is to doubt, berate, and blame anyone who has reported it. Rapists with eyewitnesses to the crime don't go to jail for more than a few months, and that's if they go to jail.
It won't be a deterrent because people who commit sexual assault are rarely punished.
Why SHOULD we report it?
Because, it's not about you. It is about the next person who gets raped because you said nothing.
This is assuming that rapists are apprehended and jailed. They almost never are. And yes, it's absolutely about me.
Holy shit. Are you capable of any sort of empathy whatsoever? You have a lot of balls.
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