Putting a Band-Aid on rape won’t work
The Altamont Enterprise reports:
But, while we commend the effort to provide rape survivors with their own counsel, how effective is it? We still share Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s concerns that those victimized by rape may well not trust their commanders to handle accusations the right way; we’d back her narrowly defeated bill for independent military prosecutors if it came up again.
A sea change is needed.
In no other crime does a victim feel shame. The she-asked-for-it mentality puts blame and restrictions on women — they are told not to dress suggestively or not to walk alone at night — that are undeserved. Many feel like they were to blame.
