紅色表示重點詞彙

藍色表示句子主幹

帶著問題聽講解

Q1: 你能找出文中一對形容社會性質的反義詞嗎？

Q2: 文中有兩個表示“引起、引發”的動詞，分別是哪兩個呢？

Q3: 為什麼愛爾蘭社會對這次審判如此憤慨？

Defense lawyer suggests a thong equals consent—and Ireland erupts

A criminal trial in Ireland, in which the lawyer of a man accused of rape cited the lacy underwear worn by a woman as a sign of her consent, has ignited

outrage across the country and beyond.

During the closing argument, the defense lawyer asked the jury to consider the underwear worn by the 17-year-old woman at the time prosecutors said she was raped in a muddy alleyway by a 27-year-old man.

“Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant

and was open to meeting someone and being with someone?” the lawyer asked, according to The Irish Times. “You have to look at the way she was dressed. She was wearing a thong with a lace front.”

The man was acquitted, and the case immediately drew calls for accountability and sparked a national dialogue about consent and victim blaming. Hundreds of women and men with posters and lace underwear in hand

protested in five cities across the country on Wednesday.

“My issue isn’t just the barrister; it’s the system that allows it,” said Mary Crilly, director of the Cork Sexual Violence Center and one of the speakers at the protests.

Women also poured out their frustration on social media, where they posted photos of colorful underwear with the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent.

For decades, Ireland was a socially conservative society ruled by the norms of the Roman Catholic Church, and women’s rights often took a back seat. In recent years, socially liberal policies have begun to flourish. But as

women’s status in society changes, the laws have not always kept pace.

 

辯護律師提出穿丁字褲相當於同意性行為，愛爾蘭一片譁然 

愛爾蘭的一次刑事審判中，一名男子被指控強姦一名女性，而他的律師將該女性穿著的蕾絲內褲作為她同意發生性行為的證據。這起審判已經在該國內外引發了憤慨。

在結案陳詞中，辯護律師要求陪審團考慮這名 17 歲女性在事發時所穿內褲。公訴人稱，當時，這名 27 歲的男性在一個泥濘的巷子裡強暴了她。

 “這則證據有沒有排除她對被告有好感，以及她願意與他人約會並發展戀人關係的可能性？”根據《愛爾蘭時報》的報道，該律師問道。“你一定要注意她的衣著。她那時穿著一條正面有蕾絲的丁字褲。”

這名男性被宣判無罪，但是這起案件馬上引發了公眾對追究事件責任的呼籲，並觸發了一場全國範圍內對“同意進行性行為”和“指責受害者”的討論。週三，數百名男女在愛爾蘭的五座城市舉著海報和蕾絲內褲參與了抗議。

愛爾蘭女性也在社交媒體上宣洩她們的不滿。她們釋出了彩色內褲的照片，並且帶上了 #這不是同意# 的話題。

 愛爾蘭科克市性暴力救助中心的負責人、該抗議的演講者之一瑪麗·克麗裡說：“我的擔憂不僅僅在於辯護律師，而在於允許這種審判產生的制度。”

 在過去的幾十年間，因受到羅馬天主教教會規範的約束，愛爾蘭社會曾是保守的，而女性權利常常置於次要地位。最近幾年，開放的社會政策開始湧現。但是，在婦女的社會地位產生變化的同時，法律並不一定總能跟上步伐。