Teri Kanefield on Nostr: In fact, a woman's word is testimony, which is evidence, and it's up to the jury to ...

In fact, a woman's word is testimony, which is evidence, and it's up to the jury to decide whether to believe the testimony.

Crimes are often proven based on testimony alone. What Coulter doesn't like is that it's the woman's word against the man's, so in a patriarchial world view, there is no "proof" of the crime.

The social hierarchy determined how rape was treated. 

Black men were lynched if accused by a white woman. 
Rape of a Black woman wasn't considered a crime.

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