Political Sex Scandals

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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby shadylady » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:56 am

Rushing to judgment — again (Cain, Sandusky)
I'm not saying either of these guys is innocent, but there's almost certainly a big difference between the media and grand jury representation of the facts and the actual facts. While I'm skeptical about the intentions of those in power in general, I'm also skeptical about claims made against specific individuals since it's impossible to know what's going on behind the scenes and who's trying to get ahead of who. It's a stupid game and it's best not to get emotionally involved least one rush to judgement and condemn someone who is actually innocent.
It’s evident, however, that this kind of journalism ultimately demonstrates one or more cognitive fallacies, such as confirmation bias, the misinterpretation of regression (if an extreme has been observed in a population, journalists may falsely predict another extreme), eyewitness testimony and illusory correlation, which is the overestimation of the relationship between events. It’s as if we didn’t learn from the Satanic-ritual and day-care sex abuse scandals of the ‘80s and ‘90s. It’s as we didn’t learn from the Duke University lacrosse team scandal in 2006.

LINK: http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2011/11/15/rushing-to-judgment-again-cain-sandusky/
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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby shadylady » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:38 am

2 men plan to sue Syracuse over coach sex abuse
The fact that these guys are represented by Gloria Allred is enough for me to conclude that they're fabricating this whole story just to make some money!!!
When the allegations surfaced Nov. 17, Boeheim staunchly supported Fine, saying the accusations were lies to capitalize on the Penn State child sex abuse case. "The Penn State thing came out, and the kid behind this is trying to get money," Boeheim told the Syracuse Post-Standard. "If he gets this, he's going to sue the university and Bernie. What do you think is going to happen at Penn State? You know how much money is going to be involved in civil suits? I'd say about $50 million. That's what this is about. Money." And in an interview with ESPN, which broke the story, Boeheim said: "It is a bunch of a thousand lies that (Davis) has told. You don't think it is a little funny that his cousin is coming forward?"

LINK: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/2-men-plan-to-sue-Syracuse-over-coach-sex-abuse-2399188.php
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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby wildrose » Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:56 am

Ron Paul Ups The Ante And Claims Sexual Harassment Shouldn’t Be Illegal
Well, the whole thing is, is you have to get a better definition of sexual harassment. If it’s just because somebody told the joke and somebody was offended, they don’t have a right to go to the federal government and have a policeman to come in and put penalties on those individuals. I mean, they have to say, well, maybe this is not a very good environment, and they have the right to work there or not there. But if sexual harassment involves violence as libertarians, we are very opposed to any violence. So, if there is any violence involved, you still don’t need a federal law against harassment. You just need to call the policeman and say there’s been an assault or there’s been attempted rape or something.

Kind of a misleading title for this article since the point really is what should count as behavior punishable under the law. Paul says that jokes that may be offensive should not be covered by the law and that laws already exist to cover rape. I agree on that point. The question is what about those situations where an employer puts pressure on an employee to have sex with him or her? I suppose that could be considered a form of solicitation/prostitution (an exchange of sexual favors for career advancement) and so maybe Ron Paul is right and sexual harassment laws are too ambiguous.
LINK: http://www.politicususa.com/en/ron-paul-sexual-harassment
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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby shadylady » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:25 am

FBI changes definition of rape to include men as victims
Although there may be some positive aspects of this redefinition, it may also be overly broad which means an expanding number of excuses to incarcerate individuals. You might think this is about public safety and that sort of thing, but as usual it's all about the money:
At stake are tens of millions of dollars in federal and state aid which flow to victims of sex crimes. The budgeting and distribution of that money has been based partly on the measures contained in the FBI's crime report.

And there's this from CNN:
The law then defined rape as "the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will." That meant that it was only an act of rape if a man forcibly penetrated a woman through her vagina. It excluded oral and anal penetration; rape of males; penetration of the vagina and anus with an object or body part other than the penis; rape of females by females; and non-forcible rape. The revised definition includes any gender of victim or perpetrator. It also includes instances in which a victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental or physical incapacity, such as intoxication. Physical resistance is not required to demonstrate lack of consent.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/justice/rape-definition-revised/index.html
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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby shadylady » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:07 am

French Orgies, Strauss-Kahn Questioned In Prostitution Case
More on Strauss-Kahn. It seems that they keep coming up with charges, but he keeps evading them. This shows why laws regulating sexual activity should be done away with. They provide a weapon for those who want to take someone down and that's just wrong.
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Re: Political Sex Scandals

Postby shadylady » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:50 am

Homophobes Are Gay - Study
The study discussed in this clip probably explains more than a few political sex scandals!
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