Well, Jim, you weren’t there. But it happened. Word for word, just like that, sated exactly like that, argued with vehemence by the teacher and some of the students. I remember it well, because although I was used to hearing (and making) stupid emotional arguments I wasn’t used to teachers doing it. Frankly, that’s not even the craziest thing we “learned” in class.
But that’s neither here nor there, just a bemused recollection, it has nothing to do with whether women often or typically lie about rape. It does get at the basic legal problem with rape, though – despite what the OP says, it’s hard to prosecute and hard to prove and the whole process is hard on the victim. So “women never lie about rape,” is an argument against “she might be lying,” it’s a way to shift legal proof of innocence to the accused, to spare the woman the indignity of rape kits and testimony. I think the teacher knew it was a flawed principle but saw it as a less flawed principle than the one that makes it easy for rapists to rape.
Basically people adopt crazy arguments because they need an answer. There’s no good way to handle rape in the court system.
I agree with this mostly. I think that’s where all of the problems are coming from. I’m a big Lakers fan and I was upset with some of the lurid details that came out of his case in Colorado a few years ago. I don’t think the sides should be treated differently, yet they are. It’s an affront to justice, I think
You MUST be guilty, you’ve got a penis. That’s all it takes.
In hindsight, you completely took her word for it. You didn’t do a goddamned bit of real investigation, because no proof is required under current law.