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by nailer
3103 days ago
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> The result, unsurprisingly, is a large body of men who basically don't believe any of these allegations until proven in a court of law. As it should be - anyone, male of female, accused of a crime should be considered innocent until proven guilty rather than have their lives wrecked on an unproven allegation. There are some cases - Weinstein and Cosby - where tens or hundreds of victims have come forward that it's likely that it's reasonable to assume the outcome. Those are the exceptions, not the rule. Before you start making claims about victim blaming, consider that first we must establish who the victim is: we've just had two well-publicised proven false rape allegations in two weeks in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42417553 |
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I really hope that that case wasn’t that the police was too scared of the political fallout of submitting exonerating evidence in a sexual assault case, i much rather it be just sheer stupidity or plain old corruption for personal political gain.
The UK has had a lot of problems with law enforcement and local authorities not willing to investigate or sweeping under the rug possibly charged political cases such as the sexual assault gangs and pedophile rings in certain communities.
I’ve also known a few people in hiring positione that won’t hire women in today’s climate simply because they are too scared to manage them.
I’ve also seen some cases of false accusations, a big one happened at my first job where a woman working there filed an accusation against a colleague of mine because she got hurt as he didn’t react to her advances, when she submitted it to HR they basically told her “you know he’s gay rught?” It didn’t stop her from going to the external company that handled sexual assault claims nor filing a police report.
I’ve also had a collegue who’s kickboxing instructor of a wife pretty much tried to bait him to beat her during the divorce by punching him. The guy who’s built like a tank and would make you want to switch to the other side of the road came to work with a black eye one day and basically it was from his wife.
There are a lot of cases which are much more nuanced than they seem and in many cases it’s almost a taboo to talk about it in any way that isn’t completely onesided.