Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by ry0ohki on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:45PM
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I started to agree with you in terms of "fair is fair", but on the other hand rape is severely undereported partly because of the embarrassment, if you know you'll be publicly named I can't imagine that will increase the number of reports.
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Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by aetherson on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:47PM
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I don't support naming victims of any crimes, certainly including rape (unless the victims consent or their identity is unavoidably public).
That said, I'd like to see some numbers about reporting of stranger-rape. I know that acquaintance-rape is heavily underreported, and as a very large amount of rape is acquaintance-rape, that means that rape is underreported. I'm ignorant about the reporting rate of stranger-rape.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by rhizome on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:57PM
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Not to draw any conclusions, but hiding the name has the effect of reinforcing that there's something to be embarrassed about.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by mpyne on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:42PM
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It's not just about cause and effect though. If I were a woman I don't think I'd want every potential future jilted boyfriend to be able to Google my name in the future and discover I'd been raped. Not because of embarrassment, but because they could re-victimize just by bringing it back up. But of course, there is the element of embarrassment for many, which just adds to the problem of having it completely public.