'A feeble no may mean yes': Indian court overturns rape conviction

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

'A feeble no may mean yes': Indian court overturns rape conviction

Activists say Delhi high court’s decision in case of film director Mahmood Farooqui sets a worrying precedent on consent

Michael Safi in Delhi
Tuesday 26 September 2017 15.50 BST

An Indian court has overturned a rape conviction against a film director, ruling that a “feeble no” can signal consent, especially in cases where the alleged victim is well-educated.

Women’s rights activists said the decision “muddies the water” around consent in a country struggling to curb high levels of sexual violence, rampant street harassment and deeply entrenched patriarchal attitudes towards sex.

Mahmood Farooqui was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2016 for sexually assaulting an American postgraduate student while she was visiting his home in Delhi.

The woman claimed Farooqui, the co-director of the 2010 Bollywood film Peepli Live, forced himself on to her while drunk, ignored her when she repeatedly said no and restrained her arms when she tried to prevent him from removing her clothes.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/26/a-feeble-no-may-mean-yes-indian-court-overturns-conviction

[Sanity Claws]

1. So if there is feeble no when I demand someone's wallet, that is not theft. Right?

I just want to make sure I understand the fucker's thinking.

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2. "especially in cases where the alleged victim is well-educated"???

so for a woman, going to college means waiving the right not to be raped, or at least it means consenting to a higher standard for proving rape???

that's inexplicably bizarre.


aside from the obvious problems like apparently for this judge, no means yes, and he can also ignore the restrained arms and the trying to prevent him from removing her clothes. yeah, sound like consent to me

[shenmue]

3. WTF NO

Just NO.

Evil motherfuckers!