Skinny jeans means rape couldn't happen

An interesting new defense:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor..._skinny_jeans_so_tight_she_must_have_hel.html

So thoughts? Does this set a dangerous precedent?

 

WTF
This is sickening. It reminds me of the guy that was accused of rape but was aquitted becasue the woman was wearing a thong bikini and "asking for it" because of her attire on the beach.

 

its an interesting theroy .. it convinced a jury? weirdssss...

 

Lmao wow they think of anything

 

i don't understand that, he wouldn't have to get them all the way off anyway, he could have pulled the tops down and bent her over....

 

That makes me feel angry... very angry. That is the stupidest fucking defense. Like the person above me said, they wouldn't need to remove them completely anyway and I own skinny jeans and if someone was raping me, I'm pretty sure they could get them off with no help from me.

 

I'm tired of society trying endlessly to find more ways to blame women for rape. It's bullshit.

 

Aaaaaaaamen.

If it was too tight for him to be able to get off, then I'm sure it was too tight for her to put on in the first place. -.-

 

as someone who has experienced this. they can rape someone even if they are wearing jeans. THAT IS HORRIBLE. I really want to slap all the jury if they fell for that crap. IT makes me sick to my stomach.

 

What are you talking about? Just because jeans are tight doesn't mean they aren't easy to remove. I've never had a probably or heard of a problem with a women taking off her skinny jeans. What the fuck is wrong with people? I swear that shit wouldn't fly in the U.S. but its weird that juries are falling for that shit.

If anything skinny jeans are easier to get off, if they are hard to get on once you unbutton those suckers then they just fly off! Having tight pants is the stupidest defense I've ever heard. No women deserves to have a case settled over such a stupid defense strategy!

 

It can happen in the US, the incident above was in Florida a few years ago.

 

Have we considered that perhaps the guy was in fact innocent? Or shall we assume that because a woman accuses someone of rape, he's necessarily guilty? I will say that I have considered the logistics of 'forceable rape' (as opposed to rape where drugs are involved), and it seems like it would be very difficult to do in the first place. I certainly don't think I'd be capable of overpowering a woman to the point I could actually have sex with her if she was fighting back. Could I also take off a pair of tight jeans if she was fighting me? I seriously fucking doubt it. Not to say that this defence is always valid, but I think there can be something to it. You can go ahead and call me a sicko if you like for thinking about such things; I just never found the situation terribly plausible unless the man is very, very large and the woman is very, very small.

False rape accusations are a terrible thing, and I think a few people here might benefit from giving the matter a bit more thought. There's no need to jump to the "victim's" defence every single time.

 

If he was innocent, they wouldn't have had to come up with such a far fetched defence, and what makes you think a woman is always fighting back, many women such as myself don't have a clue how to fight and just freeze up so they don't get hurt......

 

I dont believe the "asking for it" with the thong.. Like I dont even want to think thats real..Ive dated some women and I know skinny jeans arent THAT hard to take off... those juries are straight FUCKED in the head

 

This is a good point also. Surely if she struggled she must have got at least bruised because to forcibly remove tight jeans while trying to hold someone down isnt exactly going to be an easy task (not that Id know :leaving and she was conscious enough to know he pushed her onto the bed and held her down.

There was no mention of any injuries sustained on her part and if I was a woman in that situation I would be fighting tooth and nail to stop the **** which would definitely lead to injuries on both parts. Just from the info in the article which admittedly is not much, Im inclined to go with the jury from what info there is.

 

I honestly have no idea how hard it would be to take of skinny jeans, from myself, or another person.

 

How does the guy know if you want it or not? Could you really make a legal case for rape without physical resistance?

If all you do is say "no" beforehand and then let the guy do it, it just looks like token resistance.

 

Last time i checked, NO means no, Oooo i guess you can kick and scream, but as i said fighting is not my thing..

 

Too ambiguous. I don't see how you can constitute a case for forcible rape when your actions contradict your words.

 

Fighting 'isn't my thing' either, but if someone tries to rape me, you can bet your arse I am going to do all I can to get them off me.