It's so insiduous. And I don't like the use of "claimed" instead of "said". Like, "the victim claimed that he raped her" instead of "the victim reported/said/stated" that he raped her. I really do think that it's at least partially a conscious reaction from a belief that automatically assumes that women lie about rape.
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Date: 2005-07-12 04:03 am (UTC)