https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/marilyn-manson-s-ex-accuser-backtracks-on-rape-allegatio
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138 — 3 years ago(February 24, 2023 01:52 PM)
There's an issue with the expectation for victims to be a perfect victim, but those imperfections often make them prime targets. I think of one of my abuser's victims being less than ideal. Had an attitude. Did some wrong things herself, and that was used against her. Abusers and their enablers can just whittle you down and make you question yourself. That is possible in this case.
I don't get why not believing someone did something has to mean the accuser is lying. There's always the position of "I don't know".
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Damien Thorn 666 — 3 years ago(March 03, 2023 11:35 AM)
A lot of abusers will browbeat their victims into keeping their lips sealed about the cases of sexual abuse. Most of them aren’t going to rush to make a case since a testimony usually isn’t simple. What happens then after the cold-blooded sexual deviant finds out that someone blew the whistle on them, and they’re off scot-free because the victim was unable to prove the incident happened while the target remains bruised?
It’s a terrifyingly ****ed up situation. Some abusers can even turn the tables around against the accuser if they have the resources and power. It sucks.
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138 — 3 years ago(February 24, 2023 02:16 PM)
Sexual abuse in particular is hard to prove. It's not always violent and forceful, but coercive. It's what kept us from convicting my abuser. The only reason he was sent to prison was he was dumb enough to text a victim to keep them quiet.
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Deliciousfeet — 3 years ago(February 24, 2023 03:21 PM)
Again absolutely…but underreported and no evidence are not the same thing. I was pretty much referring to reported and investigated crimes…and even then evidence can be hard to acquire….but certainly not impossible or even rare.
