[Avodah] Rape of a Woman

[Gershon Dubin]

You assume she knows the rapist.  Assume otherwise and clearly, if they are not found, he got away with it.  Her having a say or not is not relevant in that scenario.

Gershon
gershon.dubin at juno.com

-- Cantor Wolberg <cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote:
If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lays hold of her, and lies with her, and they are found. Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. (Deut. 22:28-29)
This is even more troublesome to me than the y'fas to'ar.  First of all it makes rape a civil matter. Secondly, it says "if they are found" -- the implication being, if they are not discovered, then the rapist goes scott free. The poor woman being raped has no say in the matter.  How are we to understand this or come to terms with it?  I am at a loss.
Kol tuv.
ri
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