The lesson is to privilege fact-finding and evidence over gender, put faith in a due process-centred rule of law over mob rule, reaffirm presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and promote even-handed equality through gender-neutral (and race-, religion-, and caste-neutral) laws and procedures. In other words, justice for all before social justice for favoured protected groups.
Lee likely applied the law as enacted by parliament regardless of his individual views on these matters and his knowledge of the law is obviously superior to my nonexistent legal qualifications.
Higgins resigned on the 29th, recorded an interview with Wilkinson on 2 February, and reopened her police complaint on the 4th. As well as accusing Lehrmann of rape, she alleged that Brown and Reynolds had prioritised Reynolds' and the party's political interests above her safety.
On rare occasions the law results in such an egregious injustice that the law itself is derided as an ass, but without calling into question the whole system.
Even before birth women suffer from sex selective abortion, at infancy they may face female infanticide, as young children they will have to put up with incest and son preference, as adolescents they may be sexually abused or trafficked, as young women they may suffer rape, sexual harassment, acid attacks; as wives they may experience domestic violence, dowry related violence, marital rape or honour killings, and as widows they may be required to self immolate or be deprived of property or dignity.
Official statistics show that in 26 percent of the 38,947 rape cases in 2016, rape was alleged because of the false promise of marriage.
Another protest demanded justice for victims of false accusations of rape.
The lesson is to privilege fact-finding and evidence over gender, put faith in a due process-centred rule of law over mob rule, reaffirm presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and promote even-handed equality through gender-neutral laws and procedures.
https://brownstone.org/articles/how-gender-ideology-breeds-toxic-law/
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