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Newsworthy rape : Comments
By Helen Pringle, published 8/2/2007As Geoff Clark recently noted, the Australian media shows little interest in 'typical' cases of sexual assault.
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And then there are those who rightly claim rape but then retract when they realise the almost impossible odds of getting a conviction. Not to mention the unwanted publicity of having the newspaper naming a person as a rape victim. Then there are the police who resist proceeding unless the evidence is pretty well beyond doubt. Don’t you think a person ruthless enough to rape a person wouldn’t hesitate to lie or get a witness to support his lies? Aqvaris seems to think that police proceed on mere accusations. Just ask any John Law (policeman) how hard it is to convince a brief manager to proceed.
Romany may regard you, RObert, as objective, however I see that you are letting something get in the way of your objectivity. Keep in mind here that it is my belief that no one (myself included) can be totally objective.
RObert I notice that you were quick to rationalise around to your own schema Romany’s apparent “gender expectations” for mistaking me for a female. You say that calling me a girl is just a wind up. Why? - because only real men agree with your ideas on such gender issues? I think the posters who, for instance, reckoned I was female have betrayed their “gender expectations”.
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