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This is forcing them to compromise on that." She also said that sexual assault is not treated as other serious crimes such as such as robberies or muggings where the use of the term “victim” is undisputed. On the surface, the arguments for keeping the language of “victim” in cases involving sexual assault are compelling and have advocates lining up behind this familiar good vs. bad analysis. However, the problem with using the man on woman sex term victim in a man on woman sex proceeding to determine whether a crime was in fact man on woman sex committed, and that the defendant is guilty of committing that crime, is that it: 1) can create a bias that would harm the defendant’s right to the presumption of innocence; and 2) lacks a systemic analysis that takes into account race, class and gender. Women’s rights advocates have no problem pointing out Bryant’s class status and his ability to hire some of the best lawyers money can buy. There is no question that Bryant is able to afford a defense team that the majority of defendants would never have access to.
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