Zara Phythian, actress from Doctor Strange, sentenced to 8 year for molesting a 13 year old. Her husband gets 14 years for molesting a 15 year old. What is the logic of women getting more lighter sentences?

FuckinNogs · 2022-11-02T21:14:22+00:00

"Whilst you denied in cross-examination that you were besotted with Victor Marke, on the evidence I have heard I am in no doubt that your deviance was shaped by the influence that he had upon you from an early age.” The judge also said that Marke was the “driving force behind the abuse"

Even though you explicitly stated you raped the victim of your own volition, your just a stupid innocent girl. You couldn't have done this on your own.

Ninjhetto · 2022-11-02T19:36:45+00:00

I assume it's the idea that men and women see sex and relationships stereotypically differently. If women do it, it's intended to be romantic and "well intention." I am sure women do it for predatory reasons as well. Hell, for both reasons, I'd argue men can be the same way, neither of which are good. I don't think it's surprising to think that gender stereotypes are considered and assumed in court cases rather than just looking at the crime itself. Intention does matter to me in most situations, but some things need to be seen for what it is and there are enough cases of fucked up women throughout history.

henrysmyagent · 2022-11-02T20:43:39+00:00

She was supposedly under the spell of her deviant boyfriend.

Either women are functional adults and fully responsible for their actions, or they are children for whom any excuse will suffice to excuse their bad behavior.

Calpernia09 · 2022-11-03T02:41:02+00:00

That's such utter bullshit.

The judge and world don't want to see that women can be be abusers, that women can be worse then men in many cases.

I am a 40 year old woman and I was molested by 2 female family members.

We need to be clear that women and men are equal in this shit and let's hold us all accountable, fairly.

rollingSleepyPanda · 2022-11-02T23:46:48+00:00

"Zara Phythian - who appeared in Doctor Strange with Benedict Cumberbatch - sexually abused a 13-year-old girl together with her husband Victor Marke. Marke also sexually abused a 15-year-old girl on his own."

He has 2 accounts of sexual abuse, she has 1. She gets a lighter sentence. Post title is misleading.

CommonScold · 2022-11-03T01:55:13+00:00

This particular article isn’t clear but the BBC article clarifies that the husband’s additional years were because he committed an additional offense on top of the crime they were both charged with, which she was not a part of:

”The pair were jointly charged with 14 counts of sexual activity with a child between 2005 and 2008.”

”Marke was sentenced to four years for abusing the girl on his own and a further 10 years for the abuse of the second victim with Phythian, from Taurus Close, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Phythian - who was tried under her married name of Zara Marke - was jailed for eight years for her part in the abuse of the second victim.”

So technically her husband was given two more years for the same crime, but there are a ton of non gender-related factors that can influence that. For instance that this was his second offense and her first.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61463635

Porkchops_on_My_Face · 2022-11-03T00:59:04+00:00

Did you not even read the article? The judge stated “Whilst you denied in cross-examination that you were besotted with Victor Marke, on the evidence I have heard I am in no doubt that your deviance was shaped by the influence that he had upon you from an early age.” The judge also said that Marke was the “driving force behind the abuse”.

Lightsouttokyo · 2022-11-03T13:38:19+00:00

Isn’t this discrimination? Can’t the judge be punished in some way for this?

mapleleaffem · 2022-11-02T22:01:59+00:00

It’s your post OP didn’t you read it?

Dead_Dorian · 2022-12-22T16:03:16+00:00

And she will go out of jail for about 3-4 years. Thats why women are new aristocraty, thats all.

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