The Feminist Version of Rape (Cathryn Crawford)

The Washington Dispatch ^ | August 15, 2003 | Cathryn Crawford

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**Does this mean that if a man buys a woman several drinks and she gets drunk and sleeps with him, it's rape?**

If she's so drunk and cannot give proper consent, perhaps so.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

...depending on the circumstances!

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**That, in fact, trivializes the trauma of true rape victims**

agreed.

[Chad Fairbanks]

This was a long time ago, and at the time she was only 13... The guy who did it got time in the county farm, he was 16 at the time.

When it got out, he had a whole passel of friends, relatives etc... waiting for him. Country Justice...

[Cathryn Crawford]

Rape is violence or threatened violence.

And, as Scenic pointed out, if a woman is passed out and a man takes advantage of her, that also is rape.

I believe that that is specifically stated in the law in most states.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

13?! Dear God...

[Scenic Sounds]

These are not happy people,

There are some very unhappy people out there and the legal system just doesn't offer much help to them. There are of course women who do in fact misuse the legal system in this area, but they have to fabricate a story in order to do so. The law of rape hasn't changed all that much despite the views of what another poster above called the Liberal Clitorati.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I'm not arguing that the law is wrong.

I am arguing that the attitude that is being fostered among women by liberal feminists is wrong.

[justshe]

"....some of them just are just asking for a good licking. ;-)

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And even like it?

[Quix]

GREAT JOB AS USUAL.

[Scenic Sounds]

The more women claim to be raped (of course, I am not trivializing true rape), the more use that word will get, and the more common and everday it will become.

It might be true that the misuse of the term rape by some will affect the perceptions of others, but keep in mind that (unlike, say, securities regulation) sex is a topic that nearly everyone deals with in their everyday lives. You shouldn't become too old in this country before you begin to separate and learn to distinguish between consensual and nonconsensual sex. I think most folks have little difficulty distinguishing between sex that is nonconsenual and consensual sex which is later regretted. And, for those who can't make that distinction, we have the legal system to remind them.

[novacation]

The new line is no means no. Right!

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM

[HighWheeler]

"Rape is a question of consent. Rape is not, however, negative feelings after sex, feeling guilty after sex, or giving in to someone who is pestering you for sex. It's simply not."

OK then, what do you call the negative feelings after not having sex?

[Scenic Sounds]

Any woman that can't figure out how to say NO and mean it should not be able to claim rape. Rape is violence or threatened violence.

Yeah, rape is just intercourse without consent. Intercourse without consent is a form of violence.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Yeah... it's a long sorry story, and being a 15 year old kid at the time it really opened up my eyes about a lot of things. Remind me to tell it to you sometime, when I have nothing better to do...

[LiteKeeper]

YES! You are absolutely right!

[Cathryn Crawford]

University campuses are rife with posters about "date rape", and throw around the completely bogus statistic that 1 in 4 women will be date raped in their lifetime. I even found a statistic saying that 1 in 5 dates end in rape. That's outrageously wrong.

The constant barrage of incorrect info that young women are confronted with serves to solidify the notion that women are powerless, especially in sexual relationships with men.

This is a classic feminist outlook.

[justshe]

"The more women claim to be raped (of course, I am not trivializing true rape), the more use that word will get, and the more common and everday it will become. "

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One must also factor in, however, that the increase in reporting/claims of reported rape, is due in part to a 'safer' atmosphere to actually REPORT the incident. Most rape victims are no longer brutalized on the witness stand by defense attorneys ("cotton vs nylon panties" as a sign she wanted it type defenses).

[Cathryn Crawford]

YES! You are absolutely right!

Somebody appreciates me. :-)