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In reply to the discussion: So what makes Kobe any better than Brett Kavanaugh? [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I tend to be from the "believe the woman until evidence shows otherwise" camp. I don't want to see a rapist walk free, but I also don't want to be part of convicting an innocent person and taking years of freedom from that person.
The thing about what happened in a situation where there were only two people present is that it all comes down to evidence and the credibility of the two people. Almost anything can be used to impeach the credibility of one or both. That is why rape allegations when there were only two people present are so hard for juries, the difficulty isn't that there are a lot of the other sex haters on the jury, it is that he said, she said without solid evidence supporting one leaves jurors stranded.
There ARE false rape allegations made annually, although I believe there are infinitely more cases where someone was raped and need to be believed as evidence and the trials play out.
People's perception of a sexual encounter could also be different. Some people like rough sex with rough physical stuff happening, other people don't like that crap at all.