Georgia

I find this appalling

and I think you will too.

My roommate Caitlin read that article to me a few minutes ago. I can't get over it. All cases like that do is discourage women from standing up for themselves and reporting their sexual abuses, and encourage men to take advantage of whomever they please, knowing that the chances are slim they will ever be caught and punished. WHY should a woman ever have to disclose all of her previous sexual interactions in a rape case not connected to any of them? Why should she ever have to PAY for her rapist's court fees? If you have been assaulted, you should be able to go to the authorities and the legal system should back you and bring you justice. That's what it's there for. Why are there conditions that must be met for a rape to be a rape? If you say no, and someone forces you to do otherwise, it's rape. No matter what. And for god sake, why should it ever matter if you're a virgin or not? That's completely irrelevant and invasive, and it's embarrassing to have to disclose that information in detail to authorities, just so they can decide, based on your past decisions, whether or not you were asking for it. I am disgusted.