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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Which is all on the crown for bringing this to trial.
As has been said many times/ways, hopefully some good has come from what was obviously a bad decision by the crown. If the discussion/publicity stop one single incident like this from happening again, it's probably worth it. Except for EM.
The behavior of the accused was reprehensible, it just wasn't criminal.
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The thing is, I seriously doubt this case will prevent a single incident. If anything, I think it will increase it.
Most rapists are not people who go out looking to rape. They are usually men who think they are entitled to sex and short of a woman jumping up and shouting, "No, absolutely not!" they don't think they are committing rape.
It is already very hard to prove rape, because there usually aren't witnesses and physical evidence is often unclear or non-existent.
This case has a whole bunch of men (some in this very thread) breathing a sigh of relief. Not because they think some evil woman is going to make up a case out of the blue. Because they think the women is being dramatic or changing her mind or did he push things a bit too much?