No screams, no scars, no rape? The ‘perfect victim’ myth behind controversial acquittals

From Mathura and Bhanwari Devi to Mahmood Farooqui and Tarun Tejpal, Indian courts have repeatedly judged rape survivors against assumptions about resistance, consent and society’s idea of what trauma looks like. The latest Tejpal ruling explains why there can be no legally acceptable “perfect victim” test
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