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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:11 AM Sep 2016

Canadian Judge to Woman: 'Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?'

A judge in Canada is facing removal from the bench for his conduct when he asked a woman in a rape case why she couldn't "just keep [her] knees together."

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According to records of the trial, Camp asked her why she didn't "skew her pelvis" or push her bottom into the sink to avoid penetration. He openly wondered, "Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?"

On the subject of sex in general, and sex with young women in particular, he said, "Young wom[e]n want to have sex, particularly if they're drunk."

In a different part of the trial, he said "Some sex and pain sometimes go together...that's not necessarily a bad thing."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/world/robin-camp-rape-comments-trnd/index.html

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Canadian Judge to Woman: 'Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?' (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2016 OP
OMG...He's challenging the factual reality of rape.. whathehell Sep 2016 #1

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
1. OMG...He's challenging the factual reality of rape..
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:32 AM
Sep 2016

"Why couldn't you keep your knees together"?

Tell you what, Judge, let me find a man 60 lbs. heavier and 3 inches taller than you ( the average height & weight difference between men & women) , and see how well you keep YOUR legs together.

He should be removed from the bench immediately.

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