How come you are assuming she said "No" and isn't simply suffering from "buyers remorse"; for lack of a better phrase? Whether you want to admit it, or not, it does happen; quite frequently.
This is not a judgment for or against the rape case; as at this point it is still a matter of he said/she said. You have to admit, though, refusing to answer questions, does not reflect well on her position.
As to it possibly being my wife/daughter one day, God forbid. I hope that they both have been instilled with values that make it so they do not put themselves into a position where the question can be in doubt. Women do bear responsibility for their own safety.
I can think that a young women is a complete dumb-a$$ for putting herself into a position where something like this is more likely to happen (drunk at a party, wearing clothes that leave little to the imagination, lewd behavior, etc), and still sympathize for what she has endured.
Oh boy...I’ll be back later to see the damage.
It’s interesting to me, that it’s usually men talking about buyers remorse with rape.
And yet, the same comparison is not made with murder victims...”well hey s/he was walking around with money. They were asking it for it.”
Or people that were robbed while a bank robbery was in process. We never hear “They asked for it, they needed to do a financial transaction, they should have waited and gone with armed guards. How many times did they make a withdrawl in that bank? Don’t they know how dangerous that it?”
It’s absurd! The thought that somehow young women shouldn’t drink, they should have very intimate details of their life questioned like it has a bearing on something unrelated because obviously if she’s done it willingly once, that means she wants it whether she says no or not the next time.
Yet, there’s probably only nothing but disgust for this type of crime...because it happened against men right?
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/apafrape070227foratmcnt/
“You have to admit, though, refusing to answer questions, does not reflect well on her position.”
Have you ever been raped? Have you ever sat in front of a male officer questioning you with the look in his eyes that he doesn’t believe a word you are saying?
If your answer to either of these questions is no, you should not judge.