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cyclonefence

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6. Yes, but

Reply to dsc (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:42 AM

Sep 2017

after the decades of blaming short skirts for rape, I think we're entitled to at least a couple of years of "but what was A doing there where a woman who was unconscious was sexually assaulted, and what did he do to stop it?" If sexual assault victims deserve what happens to them because of their own actions, why don't men (who must have been somewhere in the vicinity to have been accused) deserve to be suspects because of their own actions--or inactions?

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Some feminist lawyers side with Trump and DeVos. [View all] LAS14 Sep 2017 OP

Can't read it because it is behind a paywall. nt DURHAM D Sep 2017 #1

I think I'm allowed to quote 2 paras, right? LAS14 Sep 2017 #4

Interesting read cyclonefence Sep 2017 #2

she could be mistaken dsc Sep 2017 #3

Yes, but cyclonefence Sep 2017 #6

Could you explain more fully? LAS14 Sep 2017 #5

I am not equating women with children cyclonefence Sep 2017 #7

OK, then let's work really hard to insure that victim's accusations... LAS14 Sep 2017 #9

I understand what you're saying cyclonefence Sep 2017 #10

This kind of reasoning would make me crazy if I were... LAS14 Sep 2017 #8

That line of reasoning makes you crazy? Why? kcr Sep 2017 #14

It would make me crazy to think that in the case of rape... LAS14 Sep 2017 #19

You're confusing me with someone else. I didn't say anything about "no bono", whatever that means. kcr Sep 2017 #23

Cyclone fence used the phrase cui bono... who benefits, and... LAS14 Sep 2017 #24

Bumping after an unwanted hiatus. nt LAS14 Sep 2017 #11

I am not boasting about getting out of jury duty, understand that from the get go.... usedtobedemgurl Sep 2017 #12

I don't disagree that their is a history... LAS14 Sep 2017 #16

No one is saying we should put rapists in jail without a trial.... usedtobedemgurl Sep 2017 #22

I hold an opinion less popular than Title IX advocates OR Betsy Devoss Nevernose Sep 2017 #13

Thanks for articulating another angle that... LAS14 Sep 2017 #15

I can't read the article so I don't know what their criteria is for calling these lawyers feminist kcr Sep 2017 #17

I added 2 more paras and a comment of my own. nt LAS14 Sep 2017 #20

Four paragraphs. nt tblue37 Sep 2017 #18

Thanks. I added 2 more paras and a comment of my own. nt LAS14 Sep 2017 #21

Not all about legal zipplewrath Sep 2017 #25

Thanks. Thoughtful and intelligent. nt LAS14 Sep 2017 #27

This is very empowering to this feminist get the red out Sep 2017 #26