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Look I won't call you a misogynist if you stop calling me an idiot. Deal?
It is not a fact. It is your opinion. You cling to it because organically it makes sense in your brain. Factually however, it doesn't.
Date rape is rampant because men are let off the hook by being provided excuses like this, campuses don't take the claims seriously, the victim is blamed and shamed. Not because the woman dresses sexy or is flirtatious.
It most definitely plays a role in why women (especially YOUNG women and teens) are very hesitant to come forward and press charges, because they know that their reputations will be dragged through the mud, they will be embarrassed, shamed and humiliated, and there is a LOT of stigma that follows them around. Like in your tragic story, the girl committed suicide because her life was miserable, and I've read other stories where women have no choice but to have to move out of their towns/cities. This is why I don't think anything about the victim should be allowed as evidence in a trial, and especially not her clothing, unless she was nude. However, there is the catch-22 in all of this in that there ARE false allegations sometimes and our suspects ARE innocent until PROVEN guilty, so we do have to take "behavior" into consideration during a trial. Women also NEED to go have a rape kit done at the hospital if they've been raped, because that is also quite embarrassing and humiliating and after being raped I can't blame them for not wanting to, but that is really important for evidence in the trial.