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Mona Eltahawy
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(cw: rape) Rape laws in #Europe are outrageous. This case in #Italy - a woman said 3 men raped her in a train station elevator - is similar to La Manada case - a woman said 5 men raped her. The women were not believed because they didn’t fight back/resist bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Only 8 out of 31 #European countries have laws saying sex without consent is rape. Watch this important @amnesty video
European rape laws are “dangerous and outdated.” Only 8 out of 31 #European countries have laws saying sex without consent is rape.
During my book tour in #Spain last month, every #Spanish woman I met told me how La Manada case shook her and how it clarified how unjust rape laws in their country were. google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…
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