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believe the victim

October 23, 2003 12:54 PM posted by april : track it (0)

Kerri posted a link to Feministe's post about believing victims rape. As Kerri said, anyone who is inclined not to believe someone's accusation of rape ought to be reading stories like this.

As Feministe points out there and elsewhere on her blog, one of the sad side effects of the way victims who allege rape are treated is that other victims don't come forward, and more people stay afraid.

[NOTE: Out of respect for people who choose to tell their stories, I have moved (in full text) all comments not specifically related to story recounting to the double violation collab topic, which is a more appropriate forum for debate. This topic is no longer open for comment - if you have a story or link you'd like to share, please email it to me at april @ wehavebrains.com. If you'd like to debate, please use one of the more appropriate fora.]

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This is a topical issue in the UK as well, with several Premiership footballers having been accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl and the usual scepticism over whether it actually happened; there's a personal account inspired by the case here.

Posted by: the absent student on October 24, 2003 08:56 AM |