Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Leading article: Myths and outdated attitudes / Independent, 16 April 2008
http://digbig.com/4wtdn
"There is something rather depressing about yesterday's call by a coalition of women's rights groups and politicians for a public debate to challenge the myths and stereotypes concerning the crime of rape. What is depressing is not the message itself – there is no graver deficiency in our criminal justice system than its pitiful rape conviction rate – but the fact that such a demand for action still needs to be made in our times of supposed sexual equality."