> This statement is highly uncharitable to your interlocutor above and frankly ignorant of the history of sexual assault prosecutions in the US.
Once again, we are talking about western society today, not in history. I already acknowledged in my comment that things were different in the past.
> "she was engaged in dangerous behaviour - that couldn't happen to someone like me".
Once again, a foreigner pushing "rape culture" rhetoric about the US and sowing divisions. Just curious, if you aren't american, why are you posting about it as if you were american?
> It is important to distinguish the high-profile Title 9/social media kangaroo courts with the workings of the actual US justice system.
I wasn't just talking about title IX or social media. I was talking about media, the courts and society in general. When a woman accuses a man of rape, she is believed and the man is scorned - even before trial. Stop trying to paint the US today as it was in the past or the congo.
Once again, we are talking about western society today, not in history. I already acknowledged in my comment that things were different in the past.
> "she was engaged in dangerous behaviour - that couldn't happen to someone like me".
Once again, a foreigner pushing "rape culture" rhetoric about the US and sowing divisions. Just curious, if you aren't american, why are you posting about it as if you were american?
> It is important to distinguish the high-profile Title 9/social media kangaroo courts with the workings of the actual US justice system.
I wasn't just talking about title IX or social media. I was talking about media, the courts and society in general. When a woman accuses a man of rape, she is believed and the man is scorned - even before trial. Stop trying to paint the US today as it was in the past or the congo.