Published on 12, July, 2020
Please excuse me for not fully understanding Autism to the fullest it's rather a new world to me. I am not on the spectrum (please forgive me If anything i say comes across as offensive its not my intention)
Are people with aspergers understanding on the concept of blackmail, ie can they actively do it out of malious, with the intent of causing emotional distress/harm or do they not fully understand it and find themselves in a situation.
ASD can certainly have an affect on someone's understanding of the law and what's right and wrong, especially with all these new snowflake lakes regarding people being offended online. Unfortunately the police, CPS and courts don't take this into consideration and see this as an easy target to get convictions of they take advantage of someones disability for a conviction rather than fixing the issue with common sense. You will find that most people in these roles are only interested in getting the convictions so they can get a promotion to pay off their mortgage
While autism or Aspergers could be a mitigation to consider when sentencing it does NOT excuse rape, which is what's been described here.
Anybody unable to understand that is themselves in need of care - if necessary, in a secure unit.
Some autistic people are characterized by aggression, but this is due to sensory overload and the inability to control their condition. Only 0.2% of autistic people commit a crime with intentional infliction of evil. And, by the way, this indicator is much higher among "ordinary people", so the question is who should be more afraid of. I'm not talking about blackmail; they are incapable of such a thing. I have already asked about this at [link removed by Mod] and they explained everything to me, so I'm not afraid of autistic people anymore; it's worth being careful of healthy people, who are much more dangerous.
Thank you for further clarifying this.
The video was seemingly taken without permission, and seems to have been used to blackmail but wasnt shown to anyone.
It sounds like revenge porn not rape. I dont think autism is an excuse for rape because the victim would clearly be fighting back and anyone ought to know that they are in the wrong, but some other sexual offences are not as clear cut. ASD can impair social awareness and potentially they arent aware that what they're doing is wrong until someone tells them e.g. unwanted sexual advances after misunderstanding social cues on a night out after seeing other guys do it (which is common). The threshold for sexual offences seems to have been reduced in more recent years and some of those at the bottom end of the scale will more often than not go unreported. Blackmailing revenge porn is a new offence specific to the UK but maybe not other countries, so to say that everyone with ASD ought to have known this is illegal and has consequences probably wouldnt be fair. It should be a mitigating factor, at least.
Personally i have a view that the police and prosecution often twist things to get convictions and i am aware that in America a judge told a victim of what would be considered revenge porn here, "if you dont want naked photos in all of cyber space then dont take them and send them in the first place". Although this is different to videoing someone without their knowledge or consent and posting it online or to their family members which would probably be the worst case of this crime
Sexual assault and rape are not the same thing.
You could be done for sexual assault for wolf whistling at someone.