A thing about date rape that's bugging me.
I am responsible for everything I do while I'm drunk, including driving my car into a tree.
Why then isn't a woman still responsible enough to say yes or no to sex while drunk?
That driving my car while drunk is a bad decision is why it's illegal; but being drunk doesn't let me blame the tree.
Why are woman exempt from the responsibility for saying yes to sex while drunk. Why just women?
There's lots of analogies that kind of illustrate something is amiss.
Except for a woman getting plastered and having sex she regrets, we blame the person who got drunk for what happens later.
I get drunk, run over a pedestrian, I'm blamed.
I get drunk, wander into traffic and get run over, I'm blamed.
I get drunk, bet my mortgage payment on black. The casino is not blamed for the marble landing on red.
It's bugging me.
I am responsible for everything I do while I'm drunk, including driving my car into a tree.
Why then isn't a woman still responsible enough to say yes or no to sex while drunk?
That driving my car while drunk is a bad decision is why it's illegal; but being drunk doesn't let me blame the tree.
Why are woman exempt from the responsibility for saying yes to sex while drunk. Why just women?
There's lots of analogies that kind of illustrate something is amiss.
Except for a woman getting plastered and having sex she regrets, we blame the person who got drunk for what happens later.
I get drunk, run over a pedestrian, I'm blamed.
I get drunk, wander into traffic and get run over, I'm blamed.
I get drunk, bet my mortgage payment on black. The casino is not blamed for the marble landing on red.
It's bugging me.