Spicerack - // But I didn't see one person claim 'she got what she asked for'. //
Didn't you?
Perhaps you missed these then -
Well he's done 2 1/2 years already so that should appease those who think he should be punished. I'm sure he's learnt his lesson. His behaviour however I doubt is as unusual as some of you think - getting drunk women in bed, maybe with others, maybe on camera, is I dare say far more common - sounds like well known behaviour for lads in Magaluf, San Antonio etc etc eg tonight lets shag the ugliest we can. Morals don't come into it.
Whilst I don't condone what happened he was never guilty I have been following this story and the woman was there for the taking she was so drunk didn't know what was happening and with who he should never have been accused of rape good luck to him and his girlfruend in the future but it will be difficult for them to get over this as he did cheat on her!
It’s good that an innocent man has now been cleared.
andy-hughes @ 16.25 described Ched Evans as ‘a man with the morals of an alley cat.’
I quite agree, but surely this description applies to the woman too.
Promiscuity seems to be the norm these days.
You get popped up dont blame the bloke. I have woken up next to someone I would not have slipped a length to under sober circumstances and that is just life. If women want want equal rites the thy need to accept this is the way of the world.
//the poor woman //
Right. :o)
andy-hughes, //But the woman concerned is innocent//
That's a matter of opinion.
In my view he didn't rape her, if he is guilty of rape then she is guilty of going back to a strangers hotel, into the unknown, what did she think they were going back for, to talk about football!!
being drunk isnt a defence to many things
just in case readers think it is
They should put signs up in nightclub toilets warning young ladies not to go to footballers' hotel rooms.
Of the posts I read, this came closest;
andy-hughes
//I don't think anyone comes of out of this sorry situation with their dignity intact - certainly not the two dreadful men who indulged in casual sex with a complete stranger, but by the same token, the girl who drank so much that she put herself in a dangerous situation.
It would nice if footballers and single young women learned a lesson from this - but that is sadly unlikely to happen.//
I am happy to admit that, since that post, my attitude to this situation has changed - entirely due to a discussion with some friends when the point about men's attitudes, and society's encouragement of those attitudes, gave me serious cause for thought, and re-aligned my position to that which I posted on this thread.
Changing points of view is an essential aspect of debate - if it wasn't, we would all simply stick to our views and never evolve them or allow that someone else's point is something we had not considered.
In conclusion spicerack, I am happy to concede that my point of view at that time has changed, if you are happy to analyse the evidence I provided, and admit that there were plenty of posters who were quite happy to view this woman as having 'got what she asked for'.