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The last paragraph of the article: > For Classen, these judicial duels help illustrate complex medieval gender structures that, in many ways, echo modern ones.
by david-gpu 2y ago
The last paragraph of the article:
> For Classen, these judicial duels help illustrate complex medieval gender structures that, in many ways, echo modern ones. Despite centuries separating us from the Middle Ages’s judicial duels, our modern legal system still echoes the past. Rape cases continue to be notoriously difficult to prosecute and the onus of proof still too often falls on victims of sexual violence
I agree that cases of sexual abuse in general tend to be very difficult to prosecute because they typically happen in private.
However, what isn't special is the notion that innocence must be assumed until guilt is proven. That is one of the pillars of any reasonable justice system, and it applies regardless of the alleged crime.
- atoav 2y agoIt indeed does. Yet, the question remains why so many women who have been raped are not taken seriously by police as they try to report the crime. This is injustice way before the trial could even considered and in some way it prevents trials from happening as evidence can't be collected etc. I am all for not putting people into jail based on accusations, but I do not want to live in a society where a women who had this done to her needs to fight windmills to get the case started or even be accused herself of being at fault.
- david-gpu 2y agoI completely agree. Victims, whether they are men or women, deserve the police to take them seriously.