Questions for the women complaining of sexual assault

Since the repeal of the law forbidding women from falsely accusing important people of sexual offences, the practice has reached unbearable levels.

Women in Kenya are all too often dragging the names and reputations of morally upright men through the mud, ruining their reputations and blackmailing them.

Yet, there are important questions the public continues to ask, which have not been satisfactorily answered.

Any woman who claims to have been sexually assaulted, especially, needs to provide detailed answers to these burning questions.

For instance, was the woman familiar with the man who allegedly attacked her?

Did she frequently spend time with him, and would someone say the two of them were acquaintances, friends, or even secret lovers?

Does she have a history with the man that would form the basis of a vendetta against him? Has she had problems in her relations with men before?

It is important to establish what the woman was doing outside her home, perhaps at the man’s office, house or other place where her safety was not guaranteed. Did she not think the hour was a little late for her to be out and about?

What was she thinking when she entered his house or car alone?

Can the woman in question remember what she was wearing at the time of the alleged assault? How revealing were the clothes – like how low the hemline of her dress was, and the design of her underwear?

Did she wear lipstick, or any other thing that might have provoked the man’s senses beyond human endurance? How strong was the perfume she was wearing? Might it be the reason the man could not restrain himself?

TOTALLY BLACKED OUT

Had the woman in question been drinking, and if so, was she just a little tipsy, drunk or totally blacked out, and therefore requiring unspecified male assistance?
Was the complaining woman expecting a job or business opportunity for nothing?

And does she know anybody who ever gets a job, receives school fees or other business opportunity while giving nothing in return?
Can the woman say with certainty if it was dark outside? Does she not think it is unsafe for married women to be out so late?
As a matter of interest, why is she not married, and if yoked, where is her husband?

Why did she not scream for help, and how come no one heard or came to her rescue?

At what point did the woman decide that the assault was inappropriate? Might she have changed her mind in the course of the incident?

More importantly, was there a way in which she behaved that might have made her refusals sound like consent? Is there something she is not telling us?

Was she a virgin at the time of the incident, or sexually experienced? Was there any actual penetration or she imagined the entire episode?

How do we know that the DNA samples collected from her at the hospital were not gathered by herself and only introduced to entrap an innocent man? Is there a chance that samples tested at the hospital were stolen?

What if the woman in question tore her own clothes, bruised herself in a fall and injured herself and is struggling to explain these injuries?

Finally, has she ever fantasised about forced sex?

Has she thought about what this will do to the family, reputation and honour of the person she is accusing?

Were she to be sued for libel, defamation or slander, does she have the money to pay damages?

These questions demand answers before a woman can record a sexual assault against the menfolk.

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