Lisa Miller says she believes gender bias occurred throughout the decision, because the judge wouldn’t have used the words ‘panicked’ or ‘hysterical’ if the complainants were men
The head of a sexual assault centre says she wrote a letter to the Canadian Judicial Council condemning recent comments made by a Saskatchewan judge.
In his written decision, Scherman said the women mistook what they felt and used words such as panicked and hysterical while referencing the complainants. Miller says she believes gender bias occurred throughout the decision, because the judge wouldn’t have used the words “panicked” or “hysterical” if the complainants were men.
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