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"Rough sex defence": CPS won't press charges

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Lamahaha · 31/05/2020 08:09

I'm sorry I don't think this is a share token; I did try!

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cps-backed-off-assault-charge-over-fear-of-rough-sex-defence-nk6ghgcs8

Prosecutors declined to pursue charges against a man accused of assault because of fears he would claim it was consensual sexual behaviour — a decision that will intensify pressure to outlaw the “rough sex gone wrong” defence.

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Al1Langdownthecleghole · 31/05/2020 10:03

Horrific. Defence looks dodgy, best not prosecute.

Michelleoftheresistance · 31/05/2020 09:09

And then we wonder why hundreds of girls in the UK are frantically trying to find a way out of having to grow up female in this society.

Michelleoftheresistance · 31/05/2020 09:08

Male supremacism.

It's always fucking male supremacism. Humans born with penises (they don't have to keep them, the status stays) are always more intrinsically valuable, pitiable, worthy, believable and important than humans born female.

Yes, a man murdered by a woman would be treated differently, can you see anyone sympathising with a woman talking about rough sex gone wrong? Or worrying about what charges might do to her future, or wittering about how she's a lovely woman and what drove her to it?

Gncq · 31/05/2020 09:03

A woman simply wouldn't get away with a "rough sex gone wrong" defense anyway because women are the ones who aren't believed.

Lordfrontpaw · 31/05/2020 08:59

Ever get the idea it’s almost ‘punishment’ for ‘loose women’ having sex? I can bet a man murdered by a woman in similar circumstances would be charged.

Gncq · 31/05/2020 08:59

“the suspect could say you consented to these assaults”

Isn't this an oxymoron (or something)?
Consent to be assaulted??

It's victim blaming which has been basically a cornerstone of our legal system used against women to protect men since forever.

When will times change? When will women ever be heard?

Aesopfable · 31/05/2020 08:51

Awful.

Michelleoftheresistance · 31/05/2020 08:45

Isn't it funny how justice and fairness in this country has become predicated on whether or not you were born with a penis? It's like sex exists and everybody knows it, or something.

Michelleoftheresistance · 31/05/2020 08:44

Hm.

On the other hand CPS would love to take action to criminalise eleven year old little girls for being unhappy about having to undress in front of a male classmate, or change her tampons in the same bathroom as him.

They're dead keen to press charges about that kind of thing.

ThinEndoftheWedge · 31/05/2020 08:26

Someone might assume that the CPS don’t like women...

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 31/05/2020 08:24

I genuinely don't understand this. It seems to suggest that the CPS don't want to outlaw the "rough sex gone wrong" defence?

MonsteraCheeseplant · 31/05/2020 08:22

Horrendous. The CPS are proving to be a major barrier to getting any kind of justice for women. Is there something we can do to get them to change their minds I wonder?

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