
( , Thu 15 Nov 2007, 13:44, archived)

Prehaps I know someone in this situation, and infact, do know someone who's been in this situation.
But don't worry about it, we'll limit the topic to cats and lunchtime threads in the future.
( , Thu 15 Nov 2007, 13:50, archived)

of the 11,766 allegations of rape made in 2002 there were just 655 convictions. 11,111 rape victims went through character assassinations and humiliation and were made out to be liars, sluts or idiots - all, no doubt at a huge personal cost to their well-being. For nothing.
How do you think they'd feel about your advice?
( , Thu 15 Nov 2007, 13:58, archived)

Would you surgest that the person lets them get away with it? or prehaps some sort of vigalantisim?
( , Thu 15 Nov 2007, 14:16, archived)

had done nothing - not gone to the police, not endured physical examinations, not waited months for the case to come up, not been accused of lying, or of being a slut or completely to blame, then NOT ONE SINGLE EXTRA PERSON would have "got away with it".
It's a tragically poor conviction rate, and it means that 95% of the time it literally is not worth even reporting to the police. And that's just using the reported rape figure. The conviction rate would almost certainly be even lower if every rape was reported.
The assumption that reporting a rape stops someone "getting away with it" is almost always wrong. And no, I don't agree with vigilantism.
( , Thu 15 Nov 2007, 14:31, archived)