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When will they do one on men who have been falsely accused? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.214.46 ( talk) 04:57, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
More input/discussion on this edit would be useful.
Davidnicholsknowsbest believes it is misogynistic to describe the series as about "a series of rapes/rape cases" and that it should instead be described as about "the methods and working relationships which led to the solving of a series of rape cases in Washington State and Colorado" / "the way [the cases] were solved".
I believe these descriptions are non-neutral as they imply that [good] "working relationships"/"methods" led to the case's [successful, positive outcome] "solving", but the show can be viewed as about institutional police and care work failure at every level. Rape is indeed dramatised in the series, and the first episode and other portions of the series are not about the case being "solved" at all. You could say the case was "solved" in that the rapist was imprisoned, but is this the point of a series titled "Unbelievable" where the main subject is raped and then charged with a crime for reporting it?
"Were the cases 'solved' through police methods and working relationships?" just isn't something we should be taking a position on at all in Wikipedia's voice, and instead editor time would be best focused creating an Analysis section and expanding the Reception section based on critics' views of the series' message and effectiveness.
When I reverted, I mistakenly reinserted the text "a series of rapes" rather than writing "a series of rape cases" in the lead, but otherwise I think this version is better. — Bilorv ( talk) 11:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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When will they do one on men who have been falsely accused? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.214.46 ( talk) 04:57, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
More input/discussion on this edit would be useful.
Davidnicholsknowsbest believes it is misogynistic to describe the series as about "a series of rapes/rape cases" and that it should instead be described as about "the methods and working relationships which led to the solving of a series of rape cases in Washington State and Colorado" / "the way [the cases] were solved".
I believe these descriptions are non-neutral as they imply that [good] "working relationships"/"methods" led to the case's [successful, positive outcome] "solving", but the show can be viewed as about institutional police and care work failure at every level. Rape is indeed dramatised in the series, and the first episode and other portions of the series are not about the case being "solved" at all. You could say the case was "solved" in that the rapist was imprisoned, but is this the point of a series titled "Unbelievable" where the main subject is raped and then charged with a crime for reporting it?
"Were the cases 'solved' through police methods and working relationships?" just isn't something we should be taking a position on at all in Wikipedia's voice, and instead editor time would be best focused creating an Analysis section and expanding the Reception section based on critics' views of the series' message and effectiveness.
When I reverted, I mistakenly reinserted the text "a series of rapes" rather than writing "a series of rape cases" in the lead, but otherwise I think this version is better. — Bilorv ( talk) 11:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)