Has anyone been following the gang-rape trial in London, Canada? Five men have been accused of gang-rape but say she was the aggressor. She was drunk and says she left a bar with a man. She had consensual sex with him but then he called his mates and they raped her. The men say it was all her doing, she was asking for it. She says she gave them what she thought they wanted because she was afraid for her safety if she didn't comply. The men also filmed her saying to was all consensual. They knew they were doing something wrong so they made her say she was fine with everything. She wanted to get out of there. The 5 men were hockey players so there's lots of media attention. And, Canada has a gang rape problem in hockey. I think there have been 13 gang rapes in the last 20 years.
What is striking is that the defence are relying on sexist stereotypes and rape myths: she consented look at the video, she consented because of the way she acted, she's a "puck bunny", she's a gold-digger and just wanted a hockey player, she wanted to have a wild night but felt ashamed the next morning, she wasn't as drunk as she say she was, and she was cheating on her boyfriend and made up the story so he wouldn't leave her. I mean, EVERY sexist stereotype and rape myth. It's disgusting.
Here's some background:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/e-m-testimony-hockey-canada-sexual-assault-trial-1.7537011
Any thought on victim blaming?