Victims deserve equality
Sara Haghdoosti, The Punch
News Limited Network
July 24, 2012 3:00PM
... sexual assault can happen even if two people have had consensual sex before.In fact 70% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone that the victim already knows. Secondly, perpetrators of sexual assault can be perfectly charming and come from all walks of life. Therefore, the fact that the women previously had sex with Julian Assange and were excited to meet him does not mean that their allegations aren’t valid ...
Now, let’s deal with the issue of the condom first. In her statements Ms Wilen makes it clear that throughout the night she had told Assange numerous times that she did not consent to having unprotected sex. The issue here isn’t the absence of a condom but rather the absence of consent ...
Not to mention the second issue - that under Australian law a person who is asleep or unconscious can’t give consent. That means that having sex with someone while they’re asleep is considered a crime in Australia ...
The mission of WikiLeaks is to bring wrong-doing to light so that people can be held responsible under due process. That’s why supporters of WikiLeaks need to remember that engaging in victim bashing doesn’t help the cause, but rather turns us into exactly what we’re fighting against.
http://www.news.com.au/news/victims-deserve-equality/story-fnepjsb4-1226433977522
