Roscop

I reported IMMEDIATELY to police. There are a stack of photos of the injuries in the police report. I have no iontention of these ever been made public; I should not have to make myself into a spectacle to convince people like you who I care nothing for, especially when there was other evidence such as the blood swabs and male DNA. Plus evidence at the scene.

PLus if you knew anything about the mentality of rapists you would know most are afraid of two things; confrontation and getting caught.

Most rapists work to a rape script or fantasy of how the event will play out. Overpowering a rapist is not about being phsyically stronger, its about acting outside of the rape script so they no longer feel in control of the situation.

In most cases, if you have been selected as a victim, it is precisely becasue the offender thinks that you are not the 'type' who will fight back.

And let me just say, that most victims dont have anywhere near the amount of evidence that I had (there is usually no physical violence) and no signs of struggle- no blood, no strangulation marks etc.

If you continue to doubt what happened to me when there is a bank of evidence, imagine what it is like for victims who want to come forward when there is no evidence.

Ms Funnell you say:

“There are stacks of photos of the injuries…I have no intention of these ever been made public; I should not have to make myself into a spectacle…”. Ha Ha Ha you’ve already succeeded in doing that by giving a story that is not cogent.

Your statement is consistent with the degree of believability I attribute to your alleged assault story – zilch. You obviously see little meaning in the saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Like most fruitcake feminists, you want your audience to take you on your word. To me your story is indistinguishable from the myriad of anonymous anecdotes that saturate the propaganda literature that is churned out by rape and domestic violence industries. All of these anecdotes, if they were seeded from any truth, smack of being greatly embellished. They are all infused with the core beliefs of feminist dogma in which the message is far more important than the facts.

Roscop

Your posts amount to nothing more than deliberate harassment of a woman who has already been abused. I have recommended that you be suspended.

Houellebecq: Predictably, and despite attempts to divert attention, you and James are unable to describe the legal definition of rape or even of sexual assault. Your limited reading and knowledge of the topics under discussion is noted.

"Pinching on the bottom" is most often categorized in law (and if it is included at all in surveys) as indecent assault or as sexual harrassment. Including it makes the figures of occurance in the 80% and upwards range. However, if you have any doubts - always read the studies concerned to assess the deinitions used by the researchers.

Tell me though why it shouldn't be classified as sexual assault ?

- and please stop feigning concern for rape victims. The disparity beween empty utterances about concern for rape victims and your desperate pro-rape mentality makes me want to chunder. If you were concerned about rape, you'd be as concerned for the number of male victims, as follows (note how the findings are differentiated):

83.8% of females and 47.4% of males reported at least one unwanted sexual harassment style experience;
59.3% of females and 25% of males reported at least one unwanted sexual assault style experience;
35.5% of females and 15.4% of males reported at least one unwanted penetrative sex experience;
between 12.6% and 35.5% of women; and between 5.3% and 15.4% of men reported experiences when aged 16 or older which meet the legal definition of rape;

On reporting or seeking help:

40.2% of respondents who had had an unwanted experience told someone about the incident. Of those, 92.3% told a friend and only 6.4% told anyone else.

http://www.yarrowplace.sa.gov.au/booklet_statistics.html#1

James: No, not only researchers should have be entitled to express opinions on research. Various writers in the public domain and Journalists in particular might even have a duty to raise such discussions and questions. However, I believe they also have an ethical responsibility to present the results of the research in a complete or at least balanced and somewhat impartial fashion, or to make their biases clear.

When a writer's biases are obvious, a reader is alerted to the need to conduct an investigation of the research. It's naive to cling to an opinion piece as absolute truth without checking and considering the reseach or additional information. Such writers aim to appeal to fear of change and ignorance of the topic; to eploit people by telling them what they want to believe instead of what they need to, and are entitled to, know.

As to your research about women telling lies about their sexual experiences; (I don't have time just now to check it; but might later) if it's true then I think it's sad that women feel they need to. Why do you think women might feel that they can't speak truthfully about their sexual experiences ? Did the research ask about that ?

*Fractelle I am shocked too and support your action. Nina - I hope these cruel and stupid antics aren't having the intended effect. I wish I could say something to help; I just don't know what to say.

Fractelle,

Young Ms Funnell presents herself as a brave woman by coming out and talking about her alleged ordeal. Should we talk about Ms Funnell being brave we should think of her as not holding a candle to the woman who had her face blown off with a shotgun and received a face transplant and is undergoing many operations. (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/810280/first-us-face-transplant-recipient-revealed ). This woman I refer to had the courage to show her hideously disfigured face to the whole world. Ms Funnell won’t even come at showing to participants in an online forum, a photo or two (out of the many she tells us exist), to give an indication of the severity of her facial injuries.