I have no problem making fun of insufficient or inept procedures, especially if it causes more awareness or motivation to fix it.
I state for the record that sexual harassment is still to this day a serious workplace and public problem. A lot of progress and improvement have been made over the years, yet there still needs to be a LOT more to be done with individuals' attitudes and values. It is not something accomplished by legislation or physically pounding it into people... although that one method cured a lot of other issues with me in my young days.
Sexual assault is a criminal act that needs to be addressed and treated as such. Although awareness and values have improved, it is still a huge problem. Unacceptable. Criminals doing this often have a criminal desire or intent, see an opportunity to do it, and have a perception, reality, or indifference/don't care of not getting caught. Some go to huge lengths exerting power over victims to keep them quiet. This is real bad by anyone's standards.
Victims for many reasons do not immediately get a medical exam and police interview to report it. Just the obvious physical and mental tiring aspects are real tough... think, after the trauma, just getting to the medical center, the hours long interview and then followed by another long session with an investigator who will ask tough questions... just that alone is tough, not withstanding other issues like retaliation or shaming or victim blaming or ridicule or supporters of perp doing things...
If not addressed right away, an assault that occurs is difficult to prove in court... failure to collect the physical evidence in a manner that is proper for an investigation makes it darned difficult to get a conviction... and the perps know this too.
then the defence puts victim through the ringer again but more strongly... often they bring up undesireable personal details or say it was consensual or blame the victim... so these are some factors why there is only teens percentages of assaults reported and not all result in conviction... if the perp is football star, the whole school is against victim.
Then there are judges who decide sentences for convicted rapists... who give a laughable jail time... we see this too much.
No wonder why many victims are reluctant to even report it... takes a LOT of continued moral courage and physical too... just to see it through. They face constant pressures, it is real tough to take it all the way.
I am discussing situation in USA... it is worse in some other countries.
Then there are some that know they can lie and get others in trouble... that happens too, it is also wrong and tough to fix. I have seen so many military lose their position over very flimsy evidence... also seen many go free despite overwhelming evidence. It is tough.
We in our societies settle stuff in courts. We used to settle it permanently outside of court and that was a huge motivator to not do it in the first place. Make your own opinions and judgment or overall right and wrong and what is best interest of society...
We need to make an environment where it is not discouraging victim from timely reporting, yet also not have false accusations. That is a difficult balance.
Is my position clear to any and everyone?
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