Probably not questions about her underwear, for one.
jennybones
jennybones
I love how you completely ignore and erase the sexism that's going on.
Defense may be to prove your client didn't rape. Not to prove the victim asked for it.
Entered into evidence, wedding pics of Mr. Smith and spouse holding a knife and cutting a cake. Obviously of low moral character since he likes to "share" his knife.
I think you're touching on some important things here. It wasn't until several months later that she was compeelled to come forward by a friend who threatedned that if she didn't report it the friend would. That doesn't feel right to me.
However, after it was reported and investigated, prosecutors and investigators…
Well this certainly does explain a lot for me, though. The lawyer my ex hired after he was arrested for beating me is a former military lawyer. He also has a terrible reputation among DA's and victim's advocacy groups around here for being a total slimy scumbag. While a defense attorney may victim blame or be skeevy,…
So, Mr. Smith, before you were stabbed were you wearing a shirt? When the knife pierced your chest did you specifically tell your attacker to stop? When he stabbed you the second time did you bother to say "No" in a firm clear voice? When you walked around being a jerk earlier in the day, weren't you pretty much…
In case you didn't know: this young midshipman didn't even want to press charges. She knew she'd been raped and figured she could skip the part where she'd be ritually burned at the stake and blamed for her rape in front of her peers while simultaneously having her career ruined. She wasn't even allowed agency in the…
It seems that in a military court, victim is synonymous with "enemy combatant."
Just... what the ever-living fuck?! Seriously? So it is not allowed to ask such things in regular court, but they can and will use those tactics in military court. Wow, stay classy, guys! Stay classy!
If anyone hasn't yet seen The Invisible War, go watch it now. An essential documentary on military sexual assault that presents, like this article, a sense that the military as an institution does little to seriously reduce these assaults within their ranks.
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand's bill calling for military sexual assault cases to be removed from the chain of command is up for debate this fall. This horrifically-handled case proves how necessary such legislation is.
I noticed it years ago, in an article I read. I thought, at the time, we were both too young to do that. I guess not.
Vaginal rejuvenation and labioplasty: Priceless.
So many celebs do this...I specifically remember Rihanna being slightly older than me when she came out, and she is suddenly younger. Same with Blake Lively. And about a million more, but those 2 I specifically know..it would be a lot better if no one did it because then maybe women would stop being considered "old"…
I posted my outrage on their FB page and emailed the editors. Maybe boycotting? But then I don't pay for or subscribe that dirt rag, I just come here to read the recaps. I 100% agree though and feel some kind of action beyond internet outrage should go down. To straight up publicly judge an 8 year old girl's body in…
By the by, I went to high school with one of the people in "Beach Body Timeline", and she was a year ahead of me. She has knocked down her age 3-4 years younger, there is no way she is the age she says she is (she wasn't a prodigy or anything). Her body looks awesome, it always has. She is a beautiful woman. It's…
On a semi-related note, as I read this Dr. Oz is on the TV in the background. He is doing a game show type bit with Cedric the Entertainer, something along the lines of "Know Your Kardashians' Health Issues". He puts a picture of each family member up on the screen, along with three choices of what their issue is and…