Neighbours Spoilers 29th Aug - 2nd Sep 2016

[badirene]

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[Perdita]

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[Dazzle]

I agree I hated how it was handled, but it seems to be a common storyline in entertainment, a woman is hurt and has to forgive the male character for the male character to "grow" and be redeemed. How about just once the male character grows emotionally in prison?

Wouldn't that be nice!

Interesting side fact the percentage of false rapes reported to authorities are approx 3% (from the FBI stats), this is the same rate as other falsely reported crimes (theft or criminal damage for example) yet the media coverage is disproportionally higher making it seem like these are common cases. For every story you see reported about a rape claim and the reaction that the accuser is lying try to find a case where someone reported an item stolen, or vandalism and see how many people react that the accuser is lying.

Yes, it's very telling to consider the situation from that perspective.

I read a report from CPS here in the UK a while back analysing rape accusations and conviction rates. As you say, the percentage of false rape claims is very, very small. Also, the females who make false accusations tend to be vulnerable women with a history of being sexually abused, not the cold-hearted, malicious gold-diggers they're usually portrayed as in the media.

[binky321]

I think the Xanthe assault and Cooper's own abuse story line's would of been better being done separately or at least different times or not have Cooper be both things perpetrator and victim here merging them in to one story over less than a week took something away from them both especially Xanthe's. Xanthe still should of got & wanted some justice and the assault on her being suddenly brushed aside as a consequence of Copper's abuse felt a bit off to me.

Also having Tyler a child abuse victim himself reach out to help another was really good to see and they were moving scenes but again rushing it over one episode was a shame I would of liked that explored a bit more.

[CookieTargaryen]

I was furious from the outset when the first thing Elly said to Xanthe was "what did you do to make him so mad?" because when a guy gets angry it's always something the girl did, it couldn't possibly be that the guy is an abusive jerk.

[Aussieguy]

I'm really enjoying all the back and forth with Paul and Terese

Paul - "just let me take a look at your fuse box" lol

[CookieTargaryen]

They should just do it already.

[Vikki]

I'm really enjoying all the back and forth with Paul and Terese

Paul - "just let me take a look at your fuse box" lol

Totally agree but I do wish they would get it together

[Dazzle]

Totally agree but I do wish they would get it together

At least they're no longer bothering to hide their lust for each other