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We don’t know what we don’t know. But what we do know is that women who lie on asylum applications can still be rape victims. Women who have shady drug-dealer boyfriends can still be rape victims. Women who themselves deal drugs, or who work in as prostitutes, or who commit fraud can still be rape victims. Yes, in a court setting, a pattern of dishonesty on the part of the accuser will undercut a prosecution’s case. But we need to push back against the developing narrative that only a “perfect victim” (Virginal, middle-class, impeccably honest) deserves the protection of the legal system. Women shouldn’t have to be flawless — Or even all that “good” — To get justice.

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DSK and the “only good girls get justice” narrative at Hugo Schwyzer (via clarityandchaos)

Right on, with the caveat that cis women are not the only ones who are raped. Every survivor deserves justice.

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Shit’s really topical and on point in light of the Strauss-Kahn case.

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they forgot “white”. i like how everyone keeps acting like the fact shes a black immigrant is irrelevant.

(via soydulcedeleche)

Hugo Schwyzer didn’t ” forget ” white .

HE is famous for being creepy appropriative and scarily racially insensitive

They aren’t forgetting white . They jsut can’t handle it because their discussion of rape culture handles race no better than the people who they claim to be against

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Reblogged for italicised commentary.