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• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • As I said before - prison is a pretty good deterrent for most people.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • My mom brought me up with this idea.  However I counter with another - I too love sex, and  even went out looking for a guy to hook up with when I was single (seems long time ago) however, I was looking for a guy I wanted to have sex with, not any guy was invited to my …

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Date rape is not less violent.  Being drugged is one version.  There is also the version of having your arms pinned down and the perpetrator using his knees to spread you to violate you, then pinning down your legs with his knees.  Got a good visual on that?  It …

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • The idea of spending life in prison for murder comes to mind.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Women who are raped don't just go on with their lives. Even with date rape we are often terrified to take the garbage out at night.  Terrified to sleep alone (need big dog or friends/family in the house) want alarm systems.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Oh and by the way - you attribute a quote to me (or at least insinuate that I share the same view) which I didn't write.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Yes, these things do happen in child custody cases, and sometimes a child is coached by a parent wanting to gain advantage in custody.  But it wasn't just a good social worker here, the system worked.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Most of your "facts" are just as unsubstantiated.  The difference is that I am not trying to take a side, I am only commenting objectively on the possible reasons why this man may have been found innocent of these charges

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Smokeified - quotes these in response to lynn's statistics later in this commentary - I think it clearly outlines my thought that those who guys on this board who are the angriest are aware that their past actions fit the legal definition - and don't like that.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • You prove my previous post about lynn's statistics. 1 in 7 women will be raped by her husband. This is absolute BS.  It depends on if we are using the poor female victim definition of rape or the actual one.