This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Stop Rape Victims underwear being used to defend an alleged Perpetrator in Court
In a recent trial in Dublin a 27 year old male was aqquited of raping a 17 year old female on the basis that her see through underwear somehow indicated she was ‘open to being with someone’. This is ‘victims blaming’ and is wrong. I feel the barrister was further abusing the female in this case.
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