Word: fillingham
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...letter published October 26, Lydia Alix Fillingham criticized the Civil Liberty Union of Harvard's definition of rape as sex that occurs "despite the expressed dissent and/or in the presence of threats, intimidation, coercion or lack of an ability to dissent...
...Fillingham's concerns are unfounded and fail to recognize that an accused rapist has a legitimate right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty...
...Fillingham's allegation that our definition places a more severe focus on the alleged victim in the course of a rape investigation lacks foundation...
...Fillingham attempts to skirt this piece of illogic by arguing that sex is always initiated by one party, who should ask for consent. But if this is the case, then due process issues emerge as defendants would have no reason to know that what they were doing was wrong...
...would also like to note that throughout her letter, Fillingham consistently and repetitively refers to the victim of any rape as being a woman and the perpetrator of any rape as being...