Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "No Prison For Convicted Rapist Who Called Victim “Fcking Btch"" video.

America used to have a rape culture. Up until the '70s there were still states where you could force your spouse to have sex and be immune to prosecution. That was a rape culture. Since that time our values have evolved as have our ability to investigate and prosecute rapes. The rates are dropping and continue to drop as a larger percentage of rapists are caught, some of them years later based upon DNA evidence that couldn't be tested at the time. Referring to American culture as a "rape culture" does a real disservice to people that have actually been raped. It also perpetuates the notion that there's nothing that individuals can do to reduce their risk. Had she chosen to limit her alcohol consumption to a reasonable level, it's far less likely that she would have been raped. I know that feminists hate that idea, but she's no less raped because he was responsible.
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Citation needed. Rape is more punished now than it was in the past and the rates for rape and sexual assault are falling as better methods are available to investigate and prosecute offenders. The cases that don't get prosecuted are mostly the result of the crime not being reported in the first place or there being insufficient evidence to warrant a conviction. Whether or not you like it, rapists still have their rights under the constitution. That being said, the lion's share of the alleged rapes that don't get reported don't get reported because they didn't happen. They include cases where the "victim" purposefully got a bit tipsy in order to be comfortable getting the sex that he or she wanted. Cases where the "victim" was still well in control of his or her consent, but is considered to not have consented because alcohol apparently wipes out a person's ability to consent to sex. Specifically sex, that excuse doesn't apply to any other stupid things a person might do. Driving drunk doesn't get a similar waiver of accountability. And it pretty much only gets prosecuted for men that have sex with drunk women, not the other way around. That being said, cases like this are a huge problem. As are the people who discourage victims from reporting the crime because it's allegedly not taken seriously.
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***** Burden of proof here is on the people alleging that there's a huge number of unreported rapes. The only studies I know of that cover the subject label sexual behavior as rape or consensual without bothering to ask whether the participants considered it to be consensual. And the studies themselves were highly targeted to certain quarters that are more likely to engage in partying. There's also the women's shelters that are a hugely biased sampling where they try to generalize to the population at large. Quoting anecdotal evidence like you're doing and pretending like it's a reflection of society at large is just plain ignorant. Rapes that are reported are taken seriously and prosecuted when there's actual evidence for it. Claiming that there's this mountain of rapes that don't get reported demands actual evidence. EDIT: And you ought to be ashamed of yourself for treating women like they're incapable of making their own decisions. There are no allegations that there's a huge number of male victims of rape by women that don't report.
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