This Is Not Consent!

[woofgang]

I am shocked and disgusted by this especially as a woman did it to another woman.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/thisisnotconsent-fury-after-teens-thong-13581282?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main

[AuntLydia]

Good Grief that beggars belief...........

[ummmm]

Unbelievable.

[kvalidir]

That is disgraceful.
There are literally dozens of reasons women wear thongs aside from wanting to look sexy- I wear them when I don't want a VPL for example, and besides she can wear the bloody hell she likes, she can be naked for that matter, it doesn't give anyone a carte blanche to rape her. And that QC, although I appreciate she was working for the defence, was absolutely inexcusable. There's a special place in hell for people like her.

[Theland]

My word! A woman should wear what she likes just to feel nice.
This is terrible. Crazy lawyers and judges.
Poor girl.

[ducksie]

It's disgusting and has been fought about in the Dáíl and everything, people marched everywhere to protest what happened this teen by another woman, she has no morals - the solicitor https://www.independent.ie/videos/irish-news/video-td-holds-up-thong-in-the-dil-in-protest-at-rape-myths-37525499.html

[Toorak]

Sadly it is not an isolated case and for one young woman had tragic consequences:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2184457.stm

[ducksie]

That's very sad Toorak :( poor young life, having to endure that on top of everything else

[tamborine]

Underhand defence = outrageous!

[jno]

appalling. Don't blame the lawyer, blame the law that allows it.

[Theland]

Ill have to stop wearing the lovely knitted thongs Imlove so much, and buy a few pair of XXXL knickers from Marcus and Spartacus, just in case!

[pastafreak]

I read about this earlier in the week. It was pointed out that there were(probably...hopefully????) other circumstances that caused the jury to find the defendant not guilty. But there is no way, in this day and age, that what a woman is or isn't wearing, should be used against her in this way. The trouble is also that once the idea is put in the jury's head....well we know what happens.

[Patsy33]

What a let down!

[spathiphyllum]

We have to have faith in the justice system, there may be other factors that we are not aware of

1% of rapes are falsely accused, ‘maybe’ this is one of them.. ‘maybe’ it is not, without much more details who knows wagwarn

[Mamyalynne]

Just when you think that we've come so far it turns out we never moved forward much at all.

Awful.

[jno]

it's not the verdict that's appalling (though it may be), it's the line of questioning that's permitted.

[rockyracoon]

To be honest. I think I'm more ashamed of a jury that took that into consideration.

[rockyracoon]

That being said, I haven't heard the rest of the evidence.

[Cloverjo]

I am not shocked. That is what barristers do to get the desired result for their client and employer.

I'm disgusted that she wasn't shot down by the judge.

[Canary42]

This is the "she was gagging for it" argument used time and time again. What this usually turns into is a debate on "how provocative the female's attire is".

The way I look at it, this is irrelevant. She may well be seeking sex, but it is her right to choose her partner, so anyone assaulting her without her consent is raping her - her attire is nothing to do with it.

[Theland]

Women need the freedom to wear what they want, and it should never be a consideration in a court case.
What next? Mascara? Lipstick? Crazy!