Talk:Mount Rennie rape case

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POV tag[edit]

I have added a POV tag to this article on account of the confusing purpose of the "Public reaction" section. It is not clear why the reference to "British oppression" is included . (Yes, I know it is sourced, but why is it included when hundreds of other details from contemporary reports are omitted?). At present it just looks like opportunistic Brit-bashing. Postlebury (talk) 16:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

I find it hard to believe that Clunes compared the Rennie incident to the "gang rapes of 2000" as he was writing in 1957! I'm also a bit concerned about the claim tha Hicks was "educated in a convent and only recently moved to Syndey." I've looked at a number of books and articles by reputable historians and I haven't noticed thi detail in any of them. I wonder if te inclusion of this line is intended to cast aside any possible doubts about Hick's character. Don't get me wrong, I don't beleive for a second that a woman would invite a rape, nor that previous "character" has any bearing on a rape case. However, there were contemporary disputes about Hick's character. For instance, a policeman stated in the "Australian Star" on the 30th July 1895 that Hicks was a prostitute (no, not only the Bulletin, the Star cited in Peers, Juliet. "The Tribe of Mary Jane Hicks: Imaging Women through the Mount Rennie Rape Case 1886." Australian Cultural History 12 (1993): 127 - 44.) I think I'll put a citation needed on that line and give it a few weeks before deleting. The fact that Hicks went to a convent school and had recently moved to Sydney is not really relevant, either way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Earl (talk • contribs) 09:09, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the reference requested[edit]

A request for a reference about Hick's educational status can be easily filled in from sources of the period and what better than to use a first person statement from the girl herself. I am not using my wikipedia user name - I know the primary sources around the event extremely well - because I do wonder at some of the nit picking and masculinist viewpoints that have appeared on this talk page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.170.90.4 (talk) 07:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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