這是一篇以本土熟識者強暴刑事司法偵審卷宗以及被害人陳述作為資料的論文。本文以女性主義法學的觀點,對「筆錄製作」與「心證形成」提出法律文化的分析,從中帶領讀者體會被害人的法律現實處境。本文將此種法律現實處境稱為被害人於偵查審判程序中的「失語」困境,並嘗試以本土資料為基礎建構本土討論框架的可能雛形。對於「失語」的現象,本文討論二個領域:第一,筆錄製作過程的心理、語言以及身體面向;第二,司法人員經驗法則與論理法則的運用,本身可能充滿性別文化之下的道德預設。本文發現,在筆錄的製作過程以及心證形成過程,性道德秩序扮演關鍵性的影響。性道德透過語言以及實體與程序理性,建構女性做為「客體」的地位,此種性與權力的法律建構,可以說是一種再一次鑲崁性道德的過程,透過國家法律的強制性力量的加持,更加沒有反抗的可能。而被害人的陳述往往無法突破既有的性別文化(包括審判文化與社會性別文化),本文從結構性的角度說明此種社會關係之下的無力(屈從)、身心破壞與自主侵害。
This paper aims to explore Taiwanese legal understanding of rape (focused on the acquaintance rape) based on empirical research on the legal discourses of rape trial. It addresses the issues of ”unspeakable subject” as the rape victim who does not have power to speak out resulting from lacking legal knowledge, inappropriate language setting, patriarchal perception of sexuality and gendered legal reasoning. This paper further identifies the Taiwanese cultural aspect of this matter. On the one hand, there is no culture of ”talking” about sexuality in Taiwan and therefore there is no self-consciousness of interpersonal sexual development. On the other hand, ”violence” and ”power” are often invisible in Taiwanese society as ”harmony” is the centre idea of justice. Based on these two cultural aspects, this paper finds that Taiwanese legal understanding of rape, cantered on the issues of ”consent”, is a decontextualized process and as a result in disempowering rape victims.