Great thread on how to treat rapists and victims from a legal and social perspective.
Angus Johnston @studentactivism
14 Oct 2017
Glad you brought it up! Turns out I'm on solid ground legally calling Harvey Weinstein a rapist. (Harvey Weinstein is a rapist.) Here's why… nitter.vloup.ch/jonkay/status/91…
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Also, we know true rape cases aren't always leading to convictions for various reasons, making the innocent till proven guilty more shady.
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I’d be interested to know if EU (or Dutch or German) law is similar; I believe it’s not, but maybe I’m wrong
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Replying to @stilkov @Felienne
My in-depth research (a.k.a. spending 5 minutes on Wikipedia) suggest it varies wildly, even within the EU. Interesting.

Oct 15, 2017 · 8:45 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
Yes it does! I know it even differs ("smaad") between Nl and Belgium. I only know about the Dutch situation though.