RE: Melania Trump says Sexual Assault victims shouldn't report unless they have evidence
October 11, 2018 at 1:47 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2018 at 1:50 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(October 11, 2018 at 1:44 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(October 11, 2018 at 1:05 pm)Mermaid Wrote: I doubt there are many people who don't agree with this.
The reality of what actually happens is different though. I urge anyone to try to imagine why a woman would be sexually assaulted and then not report it.
Of course. NPR's Hidden Brain podcast has a episode titled "Why Now?" That is both timely and insightful. As I documented above there are some women who lie and scheme, sometimes for the most trivial of reasons. Rape and sexual assault often ruins the lives of the victims. So does spending years in jail as a result of a false accusation. The slogan to believe survivors begs the question because not all the people we are expected to believe were actual victims.
The victims have a stronger right to airing their grievance than a political fraction in power have to install the preferred people in office to advance their controversial agenda.
The foundation of democracy is justice for all, not catch as catch can to political power.
