"It’s sad to see a man of generally good character in the dock for such a serious offence.
"I do not regard you as a classic rapist. I do not think you are a general danger to strangers. You are not the type who goes searching for a woman to rape.
"This was a case where you just lost control of normal restraint."
"It was almost out of the blue that two girls turned up late at night, very, very drunk, at your home.
"The victim was the worst for drink out of the two of them. She was completely out of it. I accept that evidence.
"She was a pretty girl who you fancied. You simply could not resist. You had sex with her."
Imagine the same type of apologistic statements being told by a judge to someone convicted of robbing people on the street…
"It was almost out of the blue that a wealthy couple turned up late at night, with expensive phones and full wallets, outside your home." "I do not regard you as a classic robber. I do not think you are a general danger to strangers. You are not the type who goes searching for a person to rob." "She was a wealthy woman whose handbag you wanted. You simply could not resist. You had to rob her."
Rape culture is the fact that no other crime would be treated with such dismissiveness of the seriousness of the act.
(via misandry-mermaid)
