Dame Helen! Now what?

The Queen is speaking about rape again. Good golly. It's a long ass article, but she talks about how you don't want women on a rape trial jury because women are "sexually jealous".

Helen thinks a mostly female jury won't convict a male rapist, because women are sexually jealous of other women. Helen says that the defense team try to get as many chicks on the jury as possible " because women go against women." She went on to say, "Whether in a deep-seated animalistic way, going back billions of years, or from a sense of tribal jealousy or just antagonism, I don't know. But other women on a rape case would say she was asking for it. The only reason I can think of is that they're sexually jealous."

Vera Baird, a British politician, immediately responded to Helen's comments: "This is just such an ignorant thing to say, to suggest that the defense or prosecution have any involvement in the selection of a jury. I do not know what she is talking about, women hating women. This is a vast generalization based on nothing, but unfortunately it is likely to have a deterrent effect."

Okay now. I can say this. She is right and wrong. You do NOT want women on a rape trial jury because women who have not been raped (or have and have buried it) place their fears on the victim and basically shut down. They are judgmental and refuse to believe that rape exists since it's too horrifying for them to fathom. I know this as I've received thousands of letters and emails from women who cannot possibly understand why my rapist was prosecuted. They honestly can't. Take a red State woman, talk about rape to her and her eyes will glaze over and she'll talk about puppies and rainbows. It makes folks uncomfortable and women in particular don't ever think about it.

Where Dame Helen needs to STFU about is that women are "sexually jealous". Helen - psst. Rape is about violence. No one is jealous that the guy raped you and NOT her, the juror. What I am saying is that the only time the word "sexual" should be used in discussions of rape is when speaking anatomically or for "sexual assault", etc.

You know, Helen, you have GOT to stop. That said, she has the right to be heard. Who am I to silence her; after all, she is a survivor. Oh, she also says that female jurors acquitted rapists "back in the day". Um, Helen, it is still happening. Read the entire article here.