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Sat 12 Dec 2009An unusual gender divide in the courts
A new study finds that Irish women jurors are less likely than men to empathise with female complainants, writes KATE HOLMQUIST
A YOUNG WOMAN goes out, drinks too much, then is raped by a male she hooked up with in the pub or at the party. If she is among the one in four women who can summon the courage to go to the gardaí, there’s a one-in-three chance the rape will be tried in court and, if it is, she will face a jury whose female jurors are more likely than their male counterparts to judge her harshly and side with the perpetrator.
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