Legal Neutrality & the Evolution of Gender Equality
Legal Neutrality & the Evolution of Gender Equality The very foundation of the legal system relies on safeguarding the lives of everyone, man or woman. For the judicial system to offer true justice, the same exacting standards must be imposed upon both perpetrators of sexual assault & those leveling false & malicious claims against someone. In this manner, neither perjury nor the ruin of innocent lives occurs without serious consequence. Gaps are sometimes utilized to the advantage of a criminal element. We see examples of where physical intimacy, in a living together arrangement that was consensual initially or that began without the expectation of marriage, is used as leverage to extort a person for money, on the threat of being prosecuted for sexual assault. Similarly, the charge of "rape on the false promise of marriage" raises legal issues in the context of the dissolving of a mutual, non-marital relationship. When an individual chooses to enter into a non...