The Weinstein Verdict Effectively Makes Heterosexual Sex Illegal in America

[CTsar]

"Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape on Monday, based on the years-old accusations of women who admitted to having consensual sexual relationships with him.

Weinstein is himself an irrelevant detail here. What matters is the implications of this.

These women had no evidence of any struggle. They did not report the alleged crimes until years afterward. Conversely, Weinstein himself had a digital record of friendly communications with these women, which in some cases lasted years after the alleged rapes took place. One of the main accusers openly referred to Weinstein as a “causal boyfriend” for years after the rape, and went to comfort him after his mother died.

But what the court decided is that the word of women might as well be the word of God, and the only thing that matters is how they feel. If after a sexual encounter takes place, they decide they feel bad about it, the man has to go to prison.

We are now in a situation where any man can be convicted of rape for any sex act based purely on the allegations of a woman the man engaged in sex with.

What this means is that all of the sex is illegal, as all of it can be prosecuted as rape. You can think of this like the speed limit. Most of the time if you go above the speed limit, you don’t have to pay a ticket. But at any time when you are driving above the speed limit, you can be pulled over and forced to pay a ticket."

[EVILYOSHIDA]

it sets a very bad precedent..

not that i don't think he's a creep.. he probably is

but you have to convict people on MORE than just he said she said.. in addition he has recordings of the women being cool with him afterwards



this is why I said in the other thread, men with stuff, alpha males are much more hesitant to do things these days, as they will be the likely targets of any future claims

you break up the wrong way and for your entire lifetime, a vengeful partner may have this dangling over you.

[Chaos Reigns]

The problem is the cases he was actually charged with, versus all the allegations and accusations against him.

The 'soft' dubious ones were the ones that ended up going to court.