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Showing that the alleged perp has a history of agressive sexual behavior is far different that saying the victem is easy.
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Yeah, they are mirror images. That's a difference, and precisely why it is unfair to allow evidence of one without the other. Both go to "character" and proclivity. Both are relevant, ESPECIALLY in he-said-she-said.
I joked about famous folks needing to carry waivers around for casual sex encounters. Well, it is becoming an increasingly-discussed alternative.
The big charge is that he held her by the neck as he had sex with her from behind. Sorry, but this is not atypical, and in my experience is sometimes requested. Yes, it can leave bruises. Sex is often a physically exertive thing. The mere fact that the sex was rough is equally indicative of nothing (except in extreme cases, of course) -- yet it will be paramount evidence in the case.
As I said, the law stacks the deck against the male perp here.
Here's a killer of a tale. Grad student expelled from school for not working hard. Then she goes to a faculty/student party, where she hits on a professor in the bathroom ("I'm not a student anymore") and has sex with him. She asks he hit her a time or two during this encounter.
She then files charges to show that the lowly grad student can jerk the school around -- charges for rape. The professor is suddenly guilty and placed on sabbatical. He starts drinking and his wife leaves him -- taking his son to Spain.
Then, the student drops the charges and moves away, figuring her self-created monster has gotten out of hand.
However, the community assumes the man is guilty and got off on a technicality or because the rape victim couldn't pursue it. So, the assumed rapist loses his job, becomes and alcoholic, will never work as a professor again, and is "damaged goods." He starts working as a mechanic.
He gets one letter from the former student. One line that says "I am so very sorry." Lotta good that does the former professor.
The story is The Life of David Gale. Kevin Spacey stars. It's a great rental, and I highly encourage it.