Sunday, February 12, 2012

Turkish court to woman: Because you didn't scream, it wasn't rape. Next!

(Diyarbakır) A 40-year-old mentally handicapped woman, who was forced by her 24-year-old neighbour, İbrahim to have sex over a two-year period because he told her if she didn't he would kill her and her children, saw the rapist walk free from court when the local authority decided to hold her case when the only female judge in the area was on leave. Which is why the court ruled:
The rape victim had consensual sex with her assailant because she "did not scream” during the intercourse.
It must be really great to live under a religious political system which, while it claims to afford equal rights to women, doesn't.