𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢

Rape victims find courtrooms are dangerous places—so most avoid them. Nine of ten rapes go unreported. For those that go to trial, annihilating the victim—through insult, innuendo, intimidation, forced repetition of every detail, the pressure of continuing public humiliation before family, friends, coworkers—is still the rapist's best chance for acquittal; and acquittal is the usual outcome. Feminists call the trial “the second rape”.