John Redwood is an idiot

John Redwood is an idiot. And a dangerous one.

His comments exonerating men who rape their girlfriends and partners are outrageous. But it does illuminate a real contradiction in the attitudes of many people, including the courts. If a man steals from his employer, it is treated as an abuse of trust and would attract a more severe penalty because of that. If a man rapes his girlfriend or a friend, it attracts a lesser penalty (if he gets convicted at all, which is extremely unlikely) than if he had attacked a stranger. Yet the very men who should be the most trusted, our friends, boyfriends and family members, are the men who commit the most sexual assaults and rapes against women. But the courts don’t see that as a breach of trust.