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Voices: ‘Nobody would have believed me’: Furious readers on why rape trials keep failing women

Voices: ‘Nobody would have believed me’: Furious readers on why rape trials keep failing women

Our community are infuriated by the notion of ‘himpathy’ – the idea that male perpetrators of sexual violence receive disproportionate sympathy – with readers arguing that rape sentencing doesn’t do enough to address the lasting trauma of female victims



Source link : https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/rape-trials-sentence-teenagers-rapists-b2985938.html

Author : Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Publish date : 2026-05-30 08:00:00

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