crfloor:

“Dewar said he didn’t want to be seen as blaming the victim but that all of the factors surrounding the case must be viewed to assess “moral blameworthiness.”“

what the fuck? just what the fuck.

Rhodes is definitely in a degree of wrongness, but the story states that she was returning his kisses, that she was at least partly in consent. It is such a grey area, and the fact that these girls were presenting themselves as objects of sexual desire. The skinny dipping comment stuck with me; they were attempting to endear themselves to their companions.

The signals were no doubt unintentional, but they were nonetheless there. In today’s bar culture, in today’s pancake makeup and reality-show bitchery, it’s hard to know where to draw the line between rape and an honest mistake. I am not claiming that the rapist was in the right, but I will suggest that all parties are responsible for the outcome.

(Source: treesplinter)