(2) were the results of that examination then reported to the accuser (perhaps in question format, such as "have you had sex with anyone tonight?"),
(3) and (with the police present and presumably having one existing charge of public intoxication against the accuser), does the accuser (perhaps wishing to avoid an additional charge of prostitution, or explain the evidence of the sexual activity to a boyfriend), only then claim rape?
It would be interesting to know when the police first heard the accuser claim rape (or, for that matter, it would be interesting to know whether the rape charge even originated with the accuser -- it could have originated with the examining nurse, been adopted by the police, and only adopted by the accuser after sobering up and hearing about it).
One point unmentioned by anyone on these threads is the background and expertise of the Sexual Assault Nurse-Examiner (SANE). How many examinations has she performed and found evidence consistent with sexual abuse?
Or, more important, how many times has she performed a sexual assault examination and actually concluded that no sexual abuse occurred?
i had thought about it and concluded that i'd be suspect since I think women drawn to such fields have some 'issues' regarding men. Not all, but many.
I am a middle-aged divorced Christian man, Fairly or unfairly, I choose not to date women who want to or have recetly gone into 'women's ministry' or who have become "therapists".
What's the over and under on when Crystal will show up in "Hustler" magazine?
Good points - I mentioned something along these lines the other day. I doubt very seriously that a SANE nurse would ever perform an examination and say that there was no evidence of sexual abuse. The most she would say is that it was inconclusive.
The points about the person being biased because activists would tend to pursue that line of work are very valid as well. That's like having Jesse Jackson in charge of identifying racial discrimination.
If it were legal, it would be interesting for a woman to claim that she was raped and see if the nurse would automatically concur.
I still have my doubts that those sort of examinations are even scientifically valid for all but the most extreme cases.