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[lalouve]

I am amazed. One of the appeal courts in Sweden overturned a not-guilty verdict of two men and gave them four years for aggravated rape, despite the case containing all those things that normally makes for an acquittal.

The woman was drunk - mildly so, the appeal court said, whereas the lower court said very drunk.
She went along to the flat with the

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[nineveh_uk]

Good for the appeal court. And disappointing as the initial verdict of the lower court was (I admit, I don't know anything about the Swedish justice system), at least it got there - I can't imagine the CPS bothing to put this case forward at all in the UK.

The points about communication, and making the men describe what happened, chime interestingly with Deborah Cameron's recent piece on the burden of communication being put on women in cases of rape in The Guardian.

/friends friends

[lalouve]

I was surprised that it went to court at all, actually - I think it did because the woman called the police as soon as she left the apartment.

I liked the piece by Deborah Cameron; it corresponded to my experience. Men are perfectly capable of both communicating their wishes and understanding women's, but since they don't have to and there are all kinds of benefits to 'misunderstanding', they don't.

[nineveh_uk]

but since they don't have to and there are all kinds of benefits to 'misunderstanding', they don't.

It shouldn't be a hard concept to understand that people do this, since we have all done it at some time or other.

"Oh, I'm sorry Mum. When you said "Tidy your bedroom," I didn't realise that you meant it was more important than my homework."

Always glad to present credentials by way of Wimsey fanfic ;-)

[lalouve]

And welcome, btw. Anyone writing Wimsey fanfic is always welcome...