“If..a John beats and rapes a woman who is a prostitute, she has no protection at all from the law.”
Sorry, no. That’s one of those “used to be true, but ain’t no mo” ideas. Went out along with the idea that ANY rape victim who’d ever had sex previously must have been “asking for it.”
The attitudes you reference went out with miscegenation, lynching, and gay bashing.
Any rape or assault reported by anyone is allegedly a crime & must be investigated. Any victim— no matter who s/he is— can get a lawyer, call a press conference, and sue the crap out of any police force that refuses to investigate.
I’ll admit that my last work with an outreach was several years ago, (my health and work schedule haven’t allowed it,) and I hope that things have changed.
Mark