How many times have we heard that rape isn't sex, that it's violence? At the same time, we're told it should be treated in a special way. Perhaps it's time to make up our minds, and require the same standards for prosecution and conviction that we do for other crimes.
Partly true, but overly simplistic. Rape, or at least violent rape, is the product of a pathology that can't separate the two. It's the dominance they get off on.
At the same time, we're told it should be treated in a special way. Perhaps it's time to make up our minds, and require the same standards for prosecution and conviction that we do for other crimes.
The same standards apply. Probable cause for an arrest, beyond a reasonable doubt for a conviction. The one major difference -- and this is a matter of ethics, not of law -- is that rape victims are generally not identified unless they choose to come forward. That is a holdover from the "she must have been asking for it" days, and now that being a rape victim carries less of a stigm, some folks are starting to question it.