mada85
The Cosmic Force
I came across this on the UK Daily Mail website. I need a sick bag.
It's yet another pathological view of sexual violence. This woman, Barbara Hewson, who made the statement used as the title of this thread, is a human rights and civil liberties barrister in London. More proof, if more were needed, that pathological thinking has infected even the most well-intentioned organisations.
'Rape victims can be partly responsible for their ordeal' says top woman barrister
A 'moral responsibility'? What kind of twisted so-called morals does this Barbara Hewson possess?
The responsibility for sexual violence lies with the perpetrator. Always.
It's yet another pathological view of sexual violence. This woman, Barbara Hewson, who made the statement used as the title of this thread, is a human rights and civil liberties barrister in London. More proof, if more were needed, that pathological thinking has infected even the most well-intentioned organisations.
'Rape victims can be partly responsible for their ordeal' says top woman barrister
Daily Mail said:Rape victims can be partly responsible for what happened to them, according to a leading lawyer.
Barbara Hewson, a human rights and civil liberties barrister at London's Hardwicke Chambers, challenged the idea that 'the victim is utterly innocent and the victimiser is utterly guilty'.
Miss Hewson, who describes herself on Twitter as 'not for the easily offended', suggested that people who are raped can have a 'moral responsibility' for the crime, even though the law says that rape is only ever the fault of the rapist.
A 'moral responsibility'? What kind of twisted so-called morals does this Barbara Hewson possess?
Daily Mail said:She also questioned whether 'claims of victimisation must always be respected', according to The Daily Telegraph.
Miss Hewson, 52, made the comments during a debate with other legal professionals at the London School of Economics on Wednesday, entitled 'Is Rape Different?'
She said: 'We need to make a distinction between legal responsibility and moral responsibility.
'The law does not attribute any responsibility now to the victim of rape whereas traditionally we know the judge would say when they came to sentence "well she was contributorally [sic] negligent" or something like that.'
While outlining what she views as the received wisdom when discussing, Miss Hewson dismissed the idea 'that it's morally absolutely unambiguous, the victim is utterly innocent and the victimiser is utterly guilty and this is infinitesimal. And finally that claims of victimisation must always be respected, anything less is victim-blaming.'
The responsibility for sexual violence lies with the perpetrator. Always.