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Originally Posted by kibbles
"all victims should be believed".
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I think the problem comes is that this saying is boiled down to just the saying and the nuance is being removed. The nuance is that typically the victims are not believed, are treated like criminals themselves, no investigations are done except to scare them into going away. Believing the victims doesn't mean the guy doesn't pass go and heads straight to jail.
It means they get treated like the alleged victim of a crime, the crime is investigated, and they aren't attacked for daring to say something. The saying is a response to the fact that the opposite is usually true. That excuses are made to explain to the Rape Victim why it's their fault they were raped.
If I came in to a police station and said someone robbed my house they wouldn't ask me "Well did you park an expensive car in the driveway? Weren't you kind of asking for it with that nice TV? If you didn't want to be robbed you shouldn't make your house look so nice"
That's what "believe the victims" is supposed to mean. They would take me seriously gather evidence, investigate and only if the evidence showed I burgled my own home would they then treat me like the criminal in the case.