Rape culture in up to 140 characters
Yesterday, Ched Evans, a footballer, was sentenced to five years in prison for raping a nineteen year old woman. This is what some people on Twitter had to say.
- The context of the prosecution was that the victim had gone with Evans' team-mate Clayton McDonald to a hotel, after they met at a nightclub. McDonald then sent Evans a text saying he'd "got a bird" and Evans showed up with two other men, one of whom filmed the sex. The woman woke up unable to recall what had happened, thinking her drink had been spiked, and complained that she had not consented to sex at all. The jury acquitted McDonald, with whom the victim had apparently gone to the hotel willingly, but convicted Evans. He has been given a five year sentence.
To drunk to consent to #ChedEvans yet perfectly able to let Clayton McDonald smash you? Id like to see how the courts came to that decision?- If only you'd heard the actual facts, eh?
In a Premier Inn with 2 footballers after a night out. Expecting tiddlywinks? And ruin a poor blokes life?! #golddigger #chedevans #freeched- Would the Ritz have been better?
Well then it must be clear cut then with #chedevans she did 'willingly' go with 1 man to the hotel altho drunk @deedaadonna- If you willingly consent to sex with one man, you have NOT willingly consented to sex with all men everywhere.
@Grifta2012 it took under 4hrs,as I said will she be jailed for lying about the first lad as the law demands then? #chedevans- @Grifta2012 its proven in a court of law jury said she lied and clayton innocent,thus she should be jailed if #chedevans is guilty so is she
- Nope. McDonald was acquitted; that doesn't actually mean that she lied. And indeed her account was that she didn't recall giving consent to sex.
Curious to find out more about the #chedevans rape conviction. Not premeditated but locked away for 5 years for lack of consent- Lack of consent IS rape.
Baffled by the #ChedEvans case. You convict both men or neither! How can there be any evidence if the silly bitch can't remember anything?- "Silly bitch" is a particularly gross way to talk about a rape victim. And fortunately, one of their mates filmed it. I think if I was looking for a silly bitch, it'd be him.
Read up on the laws as well now! I change my mind! Seems that it is rape after all! #chedevans- Gosh! (I am really quite worried by the number of people who didn't know that sex with someone without consent is actually rape.)
#ChedEvans I'm sure all the sicko's will be quick with the jokes and the haters full of conviction but think.#ThereButForTheGraceOfGodGoI
If nailing a tramp who is too wankered to say no is a crime..... then the old bill need to get down to mine with a set of cuffs. #ChedEvans- Is that an admission?
- Oh, is this the RAPE rape trope?
#chedevans going to jail shows that women will come up with any excuse to get their 15 minutes of fame- Yeah... because getting raped and then remaining anonymous sounds like a fantastic way to do it. Not.
