Don't prosecute spousal rape, she was wearing a nightie.

[Darth]

I agree, Women are no better and no worse than men. It then follows that false accusations of rape are a concern as it is likely that instead of the accused being a despicable human being, the accuser is (I'm not calling rape victims despicable, i'm calling false accusers of rape it, the problem is figuring out which they are). How then would it be proven one way or the other? I went to the same school as a bloke who was falsely accused of rape (when he was 15ish), but by a girl he'd just met, not a girlfriend or anything. Seems to me proving it (Unless the person raped was also severely beaten) is even harder if they are in a relationship.

The nighty comment was a bit suspicious (no torn clothes?) but then so is this smear campaign. From this clip it is only clear that he was talking about trying to get a conviction when there was no injury. I'm not gonna defend the guy, I don't know the context of what he was saying it in but "I do not know how on earth you could validly get a conviction of a husband/wife living together, sleeping in the same bed, she's wearing a nighty and so forth, there is no injury, there is no separation or anything". He's right, it would be bloody difficult to get validly get a conviction. It's what this politician said before and after that comment that is of greater importance. What did he then propose as a solution, or what was he arguing for?

Every family's nightmare (documentary about the guy)