OK ,I understand that you have a legal background but here are a few thoughts for you
-Feminist social theory always holds men guilty as oppressors of women, no matter the individual actions or culpability of individual men. Sorry ,but I think you need to research your topic a bit more.I'm not going to go through it all here but basically feminist theory does no such thing,It isi more about the structure which oppress women.It works to the advantage of both men and women to live just lives.
There is no winning option with radical feminism Well that presumes a degree of compitition in this-there is not.Feminism is NOT about us and them .It's just about ALL of us.It is a patriachal idea to put a competitive spin on everything.
Feminist Cultural Studies places no value on the virtues of sport and athleticism, it sees only wrongs. What the? Now you are just being silly
Courts will always be the judges on criminality. That may be true.But they are also structures within the context of the society in which they exist.They reflect the attitudes and prejudices of their community.Your example of the stripper in the US is an interesting one.There are many people and legal systems that believe that prostitutes can not be rapes.-funny that?
When a woman/man brings an allegation of sexual assault to the Police they are reliant on the Police to make an informed decision based on the evidence presented.As police forces are predominately male this tends to be interpreted for the male perspective-the male experience of life if you like.In this case the male experience/perspectives of group sex.I am in no way saying these Police acted in a less that competent way.I'm saying that they are what they are I guess.It does not mean it didnt happen just because the law says it didnt.
Are you aware of how many estimated incidents of sexual assault go unreported?
real victims of sexual assault. Again assuming that the Law is the definative/impartial/non gender baised knower of truth.
so what right does the NRL have to make rules as to what a player does in the bedroom?
I hope you aren't suggesting that all domestic matters are private and have no place being aired in the community.Sexual assualt is not private it is an expression of power it is not mutual pleasurable sexual encouters.
I am very sorry for the position that Mathew Johns finds himself in.I reckon the other guys have let him down. I don't think he is an evil man.
But I don't think an appropriate respoinse is to bag off the girl involved.That is what really does put back the cause of all real sexual assualt victims
And who builds, maintains and enforces the imaginary structures of feminist social theory? Who are its symbols? Men. Your distinction between social structures and the individuals that comprise them is completely false and disingenuous. There is no real difference between the two, in reality (if they existed) and in feminist social theory. Patriarchy, in feminist theory, is the structure of men as individuals and as a collective. The masculinity of sport, particularly the toughness of Rugby League, is a prime symbol of all that feminists hate about men, and they attack it relentlessly for it.
Police are not judges. Courts, judges and juries deicide. Yes they are the final arbitrators of truth and justice. If you do not like that, and think that the over one thousand year history of the common law and of English constitutionalism, then go off and start your revolution.
Do you believe sexual assault laws do not exist or are not enforced? Go to your local court, or look up the court listings, and see people sitting trial and being found guilty almost every sitting day.
If you feel that our justice system is so flawed, then go out and commit crimes, rape some people, tell your male friends to go and rape people, after all they should have nothing to fear, right? The mythical patriarchy will look after them, and maybe even you?
People who feel they have been wronged by the criminal justice system can take action in civil system, many people do and are successful, including rape victims. The victims of Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark took successful civil action against him for rape.
In all your defence of feminism you fail to defend the real victims of rape, can;t you see that by diluting the meaning of sexual assault to include weak and fictitious claims that are unproven and untested in court, you harm the credibility of real victims?
Please, take you misguided feminist sentiment and read the commentary of a real feminist and advocate of women, Pru Goward. Stop fighting ghosts of patriarchy and systemic oppression of women by men, and look at the real world. Justice in a society does not survive if vigilantism and disregard for the law and the courts runs rampart, which it what you suggest, that is fundamentally unjust, and what has happened to Matthew Johns.
You misread the last point, I was articulating the view presented in the SMH player interview; that they would continue to have group sex. I then went on the give an argument as to why it was wrong. And in no way, ever at all, did I suggest that crimes should not be investigated and prosecuted. Unlike you, I believe in our justice system, and that those accused of crimes should be brought before it.