tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post4032616016267679397..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: How To Rape YourselfHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-79378116080000328272016-06-07T10:33:38.986-04:002016-06-07T10:33:38.986-04:00I am not sure it is too drunk or political correct...I am not sure it is too drunk or political correctness. The issue is consent, intent, and the law.<br /><br />For consent to be an issue, there has to be an intent. Drunkenness will not remove the intent (to have sex or at least obtain sexual satisfaction from the other party), context (a very drunk woman, behind a dumpster) , or consequential actions (he ran off and had to be chased down which suggests he knew his behavior and the context were wrong or such that he needed to run away and leave his previously desirable sexual partner vulnerable).<br /><br />Further one cannot consent to an illegal act for consent does not make an illegal act, legal.<br /><br />The issue here is whether the encounter was legal or illegal. The court found the case against the attacker for he initiated the penetration and they acted within a context where they could have acted differently. <br /><br />It seems strange to say they were not drunk enough to know to stop and run off but they were drunk enough to render their consent nugatory. "It's ok, they've been drinking a little so we cannot hold them responsible for whatever happens"<br /><br />The legal approach to these cases suggest that it was rape as she was incapacited/unconscious. Thus it cannot be reciprocal rape simply because both were drinking. One was unconscious, the woman, the other was not, the man.<br /><br />This legal guidance suggests that the issue is not political correctness but legal theory that is determinative. http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/pub_prosecuting_alcohol_facilitated_sexual_assault.pdf <br /><br />If anything, the case shows the power of money in the legal process. In much the same way that OJ Simpson used his wealth to achieve his desired legal outcome or Peter Thiel used his wealth to achieve his desired legal outcome-the defendant's money provided them the best outcome they could achieve against the overwhelming evidence against them.<br /><br />As for women not being raped if they drank less, it seems to miss the point that rape takes at least two people. The drinking affects the intent and the consent. If young men drank less, we would also have less rapes.Lawrence Serewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951046729263663640noreply@blogger.com