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To: Mr. Mojo
1,000 had been victims of some type of “non-consensual or unwanted sexual contact.”

This one was always pretty transparent. Change the definition of the basic terms and any claim is possible. Is rape "non-consensual or unwanted sexual contact"? Why, yes. Is all "non-consensual or unwanted sexual contact" rape? Of course not. If you happen to hear two people around the corner telling an off-color joke, you might stretch the definition of "non-consensual sexual contact" that far, blurring the distinction between hearing and sexual contact, but you can't blur it far enough to turn it into rape.

The fact is that nobody bothered to test this inflammatory rhetoric against real-world experience. It doesn't have to be - it's the seriousness of the accusation, dotcha know, not the evidence.

6 posted on 04/11/2016 10:15:15 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

The definitions that are being used trivialize rape.


24 posted on 04/11/2016 10:43:45 AM PDT by grania
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