Cases such as Batali's, if nothing else, reinforce how the criminal justice system remains “an extremely imperfect tool” for addressing the needs of survivors, said Emily Martin, a vice president at the National Women’s Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.
“Failure to get a criminal conviction doesn’t mean that abuse didn’t happen or that it was okay,” she said. “It will often be extremely hard to prove sexual misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt, especially given the gender stereotypes that lead many people to be especially distrusting when women share their experiences of sexual assault.”
Yes, that's right. Failure to convict just means that the jury were sexist or something.
Eventually they're just going to come right out and say it. A woman's word should be all that's necessary.
They only hint it, they don't outright say it. They dress it up as "believing victims" like they used to dress up their male genocide rants as "satire".
Yes, that's right. Failure to convict just means that the jury were sexist or something.
Eventually they're just going to come right out and say it. A woman's word should be all that's necessary.
They already do.
They only hint it, they don't outright say it. They dress it up as "believing victims" like they used to dress up their male genocide rants as "satire".
The sad thing about this: They really believe that.