The Importance of Empathy in Sexual Assault

The first gatekeeper that Lana would have to go through and her first ally that she could create was that of her stepfather. There's a kind of patriarchal imprimatur that goes onto a rape claim when the father helps to bring it forward. It's much easier to dismiss claims when the man of the house isn't there supporting his daughter. That logic really says a lot about women's relationships with early American law and the courts as well.

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