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Utter bollocks I have heard this several times, were talking about rape. It can be a controversial subject so it tends to make the news, hence people talk about it. Why is it so hard to believe that there are people who believe in what the OP said, and these people have rang in to radio talk shows or been in the audience of a talk show and panel members have then discussed it. What's so unbelievably out there about this statement. You don't think going to prison for rape you didn't commit unfair. Okey dokey. Your still making out that I think most women are liars and that the stats prove it. I've said nothing of the sort. I've made no statements and taken no stance.
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Making what easy, what the fuck you going on about? What am I being accused of here? Once again you're making out like I'm accusing victims of being liars. You can f^^k off, you're pissing me off now. You're making all sorts of wild assumptions about me. 🖕🏻
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Everyday feminism said it. Heres are better more reliable link which has about the same, 2-10% https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape You're coming across like you think I believe the number is really high. I don't and haven't said I do. I just said that I've heard people discussing this in various forms and mentioned something about a football player. That's it.
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I believe what the experts say, about 2-7%. Maybe I'm wrong, but I get the impression you think my view is this, 'You can't assume the woman is automatically innocent because of how many of them are lying' It's not, the footballer story was just the same type of story that others had mentioned, so I mentioned one.
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To be fair, it says "some people" I think the problem is that the 'some people' are members of the general public or the extreme part of the me too movement. That's my experience. There probably having there views published to sell papers or make the debate more lively. In the U.K. The serious discussion is about removing jurors, and allowing the accuser to remain anonymous.
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Um, no. I've had conversations about and heard on radio about how rape victims are treated in court by over aggressive barristers. Part of the conversation on several occasions has discussed whether it would be better, for the women, to be presumed to be telling the truth instead of being a liar, which seems to be the current approach by the police. Theres always someone who rings in or posts an opinion favouring the extreme point of view. Nobody's saying this is an official line or something thats being discussed by politicians, it isn't, it's just a topic that rears it head now and again.
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"Believe such an outlandish assertion" I not gonna lie, that's really pissed me off. How do you know what we talk about over here? it's no assertion, it's a fact. And what do you mean believe, this isn't something I've been told. This is something I've come across in my day to day life. At work, at home, out with friends. I'm not sure why you think I'm a liar, I can assure you I'm not.
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Not from me you can't. These are things that I see discussed on daytime t.v., radio shows and the like. It was the story's of victims committing suicide that prompted it. There was one in particular that was on the news. These are the things they were discussing. It was the barristers behaviour that was the talking point rather than the victim/accused. It's one of those things that pops up in the news every now and again, presumably because they never actually do anything about it. There was a high profile one 5 minutes from where I live not long ago. Footballer Ched Evans was accused of rape, sentenced to prison. He spent 2+ years in prison before being found not guilty.
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I've heard this said several times now in the U.K. Over here though, there have been several cases of rape victims committing suicide after giving evidence in court. There was some questions about how aggressively barristers where questioning witnesses, calling them liars and blaming/shaming etc... I was under the impression the 'automatically believed' was more to do with protecting the victims from over aggressive barristers. The problem was what beecee and tim.tdj pointed out, the false accusations. If you're innocent then you should be able to defend yourself, having restraints on what your barrister can do puts you at a disadvantage.
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disgust - brain regions
Curious layman replied to Hans de Vries's topic in Anatomy, Physiology and Neuroscience
Wild ass guess, Some people like touching poop, and find 'disgusting stuff' interesting. So I think it's more learned behaviour than an actual thing in our brain. Going of the picture, that would suggest, to me anyway, the Sensory cortex, the Frontal lobe and the Temporal lobe is responsible. Complete guess of course. -
This might be the fastest magnetar in the whole galaxy
Curious layman posted a topic in Science News
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New Study Claims Dark Matter Doesn’t Exist
Curious layman replied to SergUpstart's topic in Science News
Not all predictions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Newtonian_dynamics#Outstanding_problems_for_MOND -
Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Best bit- 12 mins in, talking about using reactor grade uranium to get to Alpha Centauri in 120 years. We could explore the whole solar system with an engine like that. Imagine waking up on a spaceship orbiting Jupiter, or Saturn, breathtaking. 🖖🏻
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Jellyfish Build Walls of Water to Swim Around the Ocean
Curious layman replied to Curious layman's topic in Science News
Jellyfish wall of water. I was going to post the video, but quality of the picture seemed to drop, so just a link. I couldn't find it of your link, found it on YouTube. -
Haha, non taken. Is it really a that far fetched? I've read loads about Airbus and Boeing talk about electric jets. Hybrid will be first, but they always say their working towards full electric. Maybe not for the big long haul flights, but what about local short haul flights? All the best, Zhur. 🙂
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Is that possible? How do you do that? This would be better placed in the covid 19 thread.
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Examples of Awesome, Unexpected Beauty in Nature
Curious layman replied to joigus's topic in The Lounge