The community rallied around the perpetrators, rather than the victim?
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The movie didn't say that the "community" rallied around the perpetrators. Where do you get that idea?
The prosecutor relented easily because she couldn't prove a rape, though she was sure it occurred. The only witness, at that time, was Foster herself, and Foster was drunk on alcohol, high on pot, sexually-attracted to one of the rapists, dressed like a slut, and marred by a criminal record for drugs. The defense would have countered her testimony, as they did in the second case.
The only reason the second case prevailed is that Ken gave his statement, and even then, they barely secured the conviction.
The OP is not talking about the movie. She was referring to the actual case the movie is loosely based on. In real life, the community did turn on her and she was ostracized. Look it up on wikipedia.
shareIt's so hard to believe. We can only assume they blamed the victim for going alone to a bar. I think they also blamed her for pointing out the Portuguese community. They prefered to rally around the community rather than the victim (who was also Portuguese).
That poor girl had a really bad time and a hard life. She was finally able to go on with her life, she moved away. But finally she died tragically in a car accident. She was very young. A tough and sad life.
Portuguese rapists, Portuguese community. Besides people like to blame the victim especially before this case. I actually think the movie and the national coverage helped people to understand that a woman who is in a bar in a short skirt and dancing isn't "asking for it". If you take a time machine and go back to 1983 I don't think many people would have believed that. It's not that long ago but in some ways it seems like the Dark Ages.
shareBut she was in a bar, in a miniskirt,drunk, dancing very sexually to a whole gang of leering, hot-blooded men, so I never see that scene as being a 'rape', but definitely a case of 'she was asking for it' (therefore it can't be considered a rape).
shareForcing someone to have sex is rape and that is what 3 of the men did. Just because a person is starving and homeless, doesn't make them snatching a delicious-looking plate of food from someone eating outside any less of a theft.
I met Cinderella once... She's actually kind of a bitch.
What people forget is that people are innocent until proven guilty and accused rapists are still people with basic human rights and dignity too. What if it were your son? Your husband, brother, or other male friend or relative? You'd stand by him. It's not "victim blaming". Everyone has the right to defend himself. A family and community have the right to defend on of their own blood accused of a crime. Because they love him and want to protect him.
And if it turns out to be a false accusation, then he is the real victim. So it is "blaming the victim" for not standing up for the accused rapist.
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