[linarism]

Rape is traumatizing and the criminal prosecution process is not helpful in letting the victim recover. Imagine being told to recount the events in front of strangers countless times, while one party's job is to make anything you say doubtful and convince others you're wrong to be traumatized. At least with social media you only have to write it out once.

[Idontknowmyuser]

Imagine if other forms of violent assault were held at that standard.

[tptacek]

They are. For instance: more than one college basketball coach has been fired over allegations of physical abuse of players.

[Idontknowmyuser]

I was not aware of that. You're right. Guess I'm too idealistic in my views.

[tptacek]

It's a strange sort of idealism that denies the victims of sexual abuse the agency to make their own decisions about how to relate those abuses to their peers.

[damnyou]

Thank you! I was about to say the exact same thing. First the act of rape takes away the victim's agency. Then random commenters on this site are presumptuous enough to try and take it away as well.

[Idontknowmyuser]

Well to each his ideals and his priority of ideals.

I for one think that:

  * social ostracisation is a form of punishment.

  * It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.

  * social media in most cases are worse at determining 
    guilt  than the justice system.

 and view that:

  - social media and public opinion in general have 
    favored the accused in the past( victim blaming,..) 
    and as an overcorrecting favors the accuser now. In 
    both cases such a system leads to unfairness and 
    unregulated punishment.

These 3 ideals and one experience lead me to prefer a world where all crimes no matter their nature are decided on by court. if that's strange, well I'm strange.

Although, I'd like to say that in this idealised situation the victim is free to relate those abuses in his closed social circle and to the public after the judgment is made