# The Constitutional Court has heard that how consent is defined in rape cases in South Africa makes proving rape cases difficult. The Embrace Project’s legal representative Nasreen Rajab-Budlender argued the Sexual Offences Act shields perpetrators by allowing them to rely on a subjective belief in consent. She said this approach, rooted in rape myths, perversely increases acquittals for men with regressive views on consent:
ConCourt hears legal gap makes proving rape cases difficult in trials [SOUND]
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