Shrivastava’s actions were a case of “drunken stupidity,” argued [Dale] Fedorchuk, who said his client was “faced with an opportunity, tempted in that moment” and made “a stupid decision to cave to te
mptation.”Fedorchuk has compared Shrivastava to Bill Cosby and Tiger Woods—I guess, intending to making the case that successful men operate under an amount of pressure, which sometimes leads them to do bad things:
A former medical student who raped an unconscious woman “availed himself of an opportunity” he could not resist due to the stress of “leading an exemplary life,” his lawyer has argued.Laura’s lawyers recommended a prison sentence of four to five years , and stated the obvious: That being “exemplary” does not mean someone is not guilty:
“Exceptional people do not rape unconscious women,” said Dwyer. “The fact that he’s educated and his parents are wealthy does not change what he did.” “Incapacity of a woman is not an ‘opportunity’ … it wasn’t an opportunity, it was a choice. He is a predator.”in her decision, “I believe he wanted to obtain sexual gratification from an unconscious stranger, and that is what he did.” She added, “He deprived her of control over who touched her body and how, and thereby criminally violated her human dignity and autonomy.”
He was under too much stress, he was unable to delay gratification, he is exceptionally talented—where have we heard this before? Oh, maybe Rape Culture 101. The point of these is that perpetuator’s place in the world matters more than that of the person he harmed. It seems to be working: The CBC
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