Consensual Sex or RAPE
Blog over @ WIMN online has a short blog article about the terms “Rape” and “Sexual Assault” over the term “Having Sex”.
The problem with “Rape” or “Sexual Assault” is the automatic prejudice they put in a jury. They put the jury in a mode to find a defendant guilty before the trial starts.
We want fair trials for all genders, so the term “Having Sex” is often used. “Having Sex” is true in disputes where a person disagrees after, its up to the jury to decide if its rape. I find that to be a fair trade off, until you are found guilty of Rape, you shouldn’t be labeled.
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on July 17th, 2007 at 9:36 am
You are confused. “Having sex” implies consent. It is not a fair term at all. “Non-consensual sex” is a criminal act, whether or not you choose to call it rape, so if you think the issue is that an accused person is not guilty until proven so, then the key terminology you should be looking for is not “non-consensual sex,” which is also indicative of a crime, but “ALLEGED rape.”
No one is accused of “non-consensual wallet transfer” when on trial for mugging someone. They are accused of “alleged theft” — the same standards should apply to rape.
on July 19th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
The problem with the word “Rape”, feminism has campaigned against rape that it has had a negative impact on a fair trial.
With the large increase of false rape charges, its hard for a man to get a fair trial when innocence or guilt cant be proved. In fact the charge of claiming of false-rape is rarely prosecuted.
Basically its a feminists dream, get to claim rape and never be held accountable.
Thats why rape term needs to be neutralized, so men can have fair unbiased, unpersuaded trial by jury. (And feminists cant have that!)
And “Having sex” is correct, its up to the accuser to prove it wasn’t consensual.