dib8rman said:
Kasz216 said:
ssj12 said:
dib8rman said:
Kasz216 said:
For the life of me... I can't see what the relevence of this post
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It's kind of sad that you can't when your talking about sexism. I like to do a stress test on that inability to grasp at the obvious with some of my female friends and I'm sure it would hold true for some males as well.
The test usually involves having a kid swing the bat and some how the dad get's hit in the groin, rarely do I get signs of disapproval, while when I show the clip of the woman being hit in the crotch by a rope when the boat behind her starts off and the rope between her legs tightens.
In both cases the unexpected happens and in both cases the fetal position was executed but only for the male have I ever had folks giggle. Of course 100% of the time that I explain this to someone they say that they would find nothing funny with the males anguish but that neither here nor there.
My point is with all your worry about the woman’s right's it may be fair to worry about Asange's also especially when rape cases are notoriously (at least in the US) in favor of the female within the courts. If the Swiss incorporate closed door rulings to protect the women (if that is the language) then Asange may actually not get a fair trial even if he wasn't Asange the notorious wiki leaks guy.
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Yes, that's the thing I wonder. And really my statement questioning the charges isn't even sexism. The name calling was more harsh, that's about it. Here in the US as you stated women are basically winners off the bat, but if a male "cries" rape they are questioned completely on if they are even telling the truth and if it really happened because (use godlike tone here) *he is male and men can't be raped.*
If the same applies worldwide, like it probably does, and the Swedes protect women as strongly as the US then any women can call rape and the book will be thrown at someone without question or a truly fair trial. Which is why I am calling this entire thing into question. Did he rape her or is she crying foul? Did they have unprotected or protected sex? Who actually initiated the act? These are all questions that need to be answered before anything major judgment is passed. If the answer is True, either, Assange, he is guilty. False, either, her or him; throw this out. False, unprotected, him; could probably hit him with it since its illegal everywhere to lie if your using protection or not.
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Er... again.... not true. 13% of rapes get convictions... and the VAST majority of women who do go to trial are treated like shit... like you are doing to these women.
I mean hell, have you ever paid attention to a high profile rape case let alone.. any rape case. I'd suggest actually learning about rape victims that go to court go through before you make up proclimations that are just.. stupid.
I actually know people who have been DA's for rape cases. In general their general thoughts are "In most cases, it'd of been better off for them not to report it, because even with the most stonecold proof, getting a conviction is 50-50 due to peoples attidues and biases."
Hell, there is this one DA who's NEVER seen a rape case end in a convcition that didn't involve statutory rape.
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I see, I've read differently; that the conviction rate was 58% for rape related cases, 14% were from cases of rape that were reported.
Now it isn't so much the percentages it's that the goal by the femanist lobby is to see that percentage go up. I'm not sure if you see what I'm getting at here or if I need to spell it out.
Those numbers come from Baroness Stern a goverment hired independent source meant to track those numbers specifically.
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Little hint... how many baronesses do you know in the US?
Baroness Stern is a person... who tracked rape convictions... for the UK. The 14% rate is the number of people tried for rape who are convicted of rape.
The 58% is the number of people convicted of anything... so minor assault, public indency, anything.
The percentage of people who are convicted based on rapes reported is 6%.
So no... conviction rate is still much lower. People are still convicted in the case, but not for the actual crime... unlike the vast majority of other crimes... in the UK.
Though yes. It would be good it more people who were raped were bought to justice..
I finally get what your trying to say... the problem with what your trying to say is completely without merit you could ask, basically any law, pscychology or sociology expert who's remotely studied the issue.
