Jacob Zuma cleared of rape charges
Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was cleared of rape charges only minutes ago. Mr. Zuma was charged with assaulting an HIV-positive female family friend, who the judge claimed "was inclined to accuse men of raping her or attempting to rape her."
This case is a blow to women's rights in South Africa, as well as the campaign to end the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Zuma has publicly said he showered after sex and believed it would be difficult for a healthy man to contract the virus from a woman.
Read the BBC report.
Technorati tags: sexual assault, Rape, women, sexual politics, women's rights, Politics, South Africa, Jacob Zuma, AIDS, HIV, HIV-AIDS
This case is a blow to women's rights in South Africa, as well as the campaign to end the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Zuma has publicly said he showered after sex and believed it would be difficult for a healthy man to contract the virus from a woman.
Read the BBC report.
Technorati tags: sexual assault, Rape, women, sexual politics, women's rights, Politics, South Africa, Jacob Zuma, AIDS, HIV, HIV-AIDS
posted by B at 09:37
4 Comments:
Not guilty, OK. The court ruled.
The showering thing?
True evidence of being a moron.
Not guilty, not OK. I don't know all the information of this case, but I am willing to believe the complainant a little more than this guy, at least on face value. If this guy thought he could simply shower to avoid AIDS, who knows what he thought rape really is. If his backup is the that she provoked it by the way she dressed, the guy should be strung up and hung out to dry.
Even if she had falsely accused other men of raping her, that is not evidence that this time was false as well. Again, I don't know the facts involved or whether she really had made false accusations previously or whether this was made up to discredit her. But it's not evidence of anything, even if true.
So the dude is not guilty, yeah, sure.
Because of her history nobody can be found guilty of raping her?? LOL.
What a complete joke the whole thing is.
Rape her, shout "History!!!" and go off free.
Oh sorry. Shower before shouting history.
In a country plagued by AIDS the former deputy president stuffs the rubber and takes a shower.
The chickens shout "Wolf, wolf!", the dog comes running to their rescue and the chickens laugh.
The chickens shout again "Wolf, wolf!" and the dog comes running to their rescue to find them laughing.
The wolf comes at night, hungry, growling.
The chickens shout "Wolf, wolf!" the dogs turns over and continues sleeping. Next morning all the chickens are dead.
Same with the girl. History is not evidence that this time was false alarm as well.
Wilson makes a good point. I am willing to believe her at face value or at least take her seriously because of the seriousness of her accusation. Does believing this type of thought make me a bigot?
Wilson - you know that her previous accusations were indeed false? Sounds like someone is bigoted here - prejudiced against women who make such accusations.
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