(23-08-2023, 03:33 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Apparently, some of us still live in the 50s. It seems that short dresses & alcohol can cause rape.


A woman who says she was raped by a taxi driver has been questioned about what she was wearing & how much she'd had to drink. By a female lawyer.


https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/barely-covers-your-bottom-defence-probes-dress-length-rape-case


"A woman who says she was kidnapped and raped in Dunedin has faced gruelling cross-examination regarding the length of her dress and the amount of alcohol she consumed.
An unregistered Dunedin taxi driver, who currently has interim name suppression, is accused of indecent assault, kidnapping, rape and two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection.
The complainant admitted she had been drinking heavily on February 8, 2021, recounting all the alcoholic beverages she consumed, some via beer bong.
"You also had tequila shots didnÔÇÖt you? Which is throwing back straight alcohol isnÔÇÖt it ... throwing it down your throat?" Mrs Stevens said.
CCTV images were shown of the woman and her friend eating at McDonaldÔÇÖs, with Mrs Stevens asking if the woman would be exposed when she sat down.
"The dress barely covers your bottom? ... IÔÇÖm not being critical and IÔÇÖm not suggesting that anyone could see your bottom, IÔÇÖm simply exploring."
"It really wasnÔÇÖt that short," the complainant said.

Mrs Stevens suggested the woman did not have any cash on her at the time of the car ride.
"The fact is you didnÔÇÖt pay for the fare at all did you?"
The woman who said she was raped and strangled by the driver was clearly upset.
"No. Why would I after that?"




Tracey Ullman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-hepLP8J4

(27-08-2023, 03:55 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Except that that particular line of 'questioning' has been both discredited & disused for some time; since the unfairness of it was more widely discussed.