There are many kinds of rape-- in fact, it's estimated that around 80 per cent actually fall into the category of 'intimate partner assualt' meaning it's someone the victim knows, and may in fact have had a sexual relationship with before or after the rape. rape is not always a violent attack by a stranger-- and it sounds like this was the case here. You cannot simply say 'oh because she wasn't beaten or isn't torn to pieces it wasn't rape'-- the advice most police and other advocates gives to women is to not fight, if it will save them from harm. I'm not sure of the stats in the GCC but I do know it's estimated by Statistics Canada that 1 in 6 women in university or college in North America will be assualted, but only a tiny fraction of those will be reported-- mainly i think because of attitudes like this.
We need to start teaching men that this is NOT acceptable. That it is NOT ok to demand sex from anyone, even if it's your wife or girlfriend, or to force any sort of unwanted and unwelcomed contact on them. Even if all he had done was rub up against her until he orgasmed, that would still be a trauma and is still assault! There's a great movement that started in Canada last year, Slut Walk, after a police officer actually told a campus full of students taht if women didn't dress provocatively they wouldn't be raped (!!!). check it out at www.slutwalktoronto.com. It's basically a series of marches all over the country to say that no matter who you are you do not deserve to be sexually assaulted, ever. We could use something like that here.
I'm not going to even bother debating the report as clearly certain folks in this thread like to blame the media for absolutely everything, allt he time, and it's off topic anyway.
There are many kinds of rape-- in fact, it's estimated that around 80 per cent actually fall into the category of 'intimate partner assualt' meaning it's someone the victim knows, and may in fact have had a sexual relationship with before or after the rape. rape is not always a violent attack by a stranger-- and it sounds like this was the case here. You cannot simply say 'oh because she wasn't beaten or isn't torn to pieces it wasn't rape'-- the advice most police and other advocates gives to women is to not fight, if it will save them from harm. I'm not sure of the stats in the GCC but I do know it's estimated by Statistics Canada that 1 in 6 women in university or college in North America will be assualted, but only a tiny fraction of those will be reported-- mainly i think because of attitudes like this.
We need to start teaching men that this is NOT acceptable. That it is NOT ok to demand sex from anyone, even if it's your wife or girlfriend, or to force any sort of unwanted and unwelcomed contact on them. Even if all he had done was rub up against her until he orgasmed, that would still be a trauma and is still assault! There's a great movement that started in Canada last year, Slut Walk, after a police officer actually told a campus full of students taht if women didn't dress provocatively they wouldn't be raped (!!!). check it out at www.slutwalktoronto.com. It's basically a series of marches all over the country to say that no matter who you are you do not deserve to be sexually assaulted, ever. We could use something like that here.
I'm not going to even bother debating the report as clearly certain folks in this thread like to blame the media for absolutely everything, allt he time, and it's off topic anyway.