Tag: law

“How often do women falsely cry rape? Because of the 18-year-old Hofstra student who recanted after telling police that five men had tricked her into a bathroom and then gang raped her two weeks ago, that question has been flying around the Internet. As Cathy Young notes in Newsday, the answers often fall into one of two camps. “Many feminists argue that the problem of false accusations is so minuscule that to discuss it extensively is a harmful distraction from the far more serious problem of rape. On the other side are men’s-rights activists, claiming that false accusations are as much of a scourge as rape itself.”www.slate.com
http://www.slate.com/id/2231012/
It is a matter of serious concern charges of rape are increasing and also false rape charges.
Crux of the issue is defining Rape.
Legal definitions vary widely from fondling,mere obscene gesture(attempt to molest), penetration, ejaculation by male etc…
Even in the case of penetration, it can not be definitely ascertained whether it was consensual or not.A woman may change her mind after the act and declare it is not consensual with an ulterior motive.l.How do we know the Truth?
Punishment meted out,in civil societies is harsh not to speak of Fundamentalist countries.
“Legal scholars used to be routinely suspicious of rape victims. “Surely the simplest, and perhaps the most important, reason not to permit conviction for rape on the uncorroborated word of the prosecutrix is that the word is very often false,”( same article)
Being a very sensitive subject, this view is most sensible ;still better would be for men to behave like decent human beings and for women to be less provocative in matters of dress and behavior and be honest while pressing rape charges.Value system of the society in terms family and attachment shall bring in the necessary change.