The most distressing double standard is that if both male and female are drunk to the point of not being in control and/or unable to recall clearly what happened (or how), feminists demand that the female’s version be believed. Why? How is this justified?
It isn’t. All that is “demanded” is that the female’s version be heard.
Judging from your educational background, you are an intelligent young woman. You may therefore be interested to read my New English Review article here, in which I explore the difficulties surrounding rape and the law. If you think it’s going to be some kind of feminist manifesto, you will be very, very surprised. It will make you think.
In fact my concern in my article here was not with the law, or even with interpretations of rape, but with MacDonald’s reflexive double standard. No commenter so far has successfully refuted my claim that MacDonald has a double standard. Many think she is right to have one.
Nik, as an intelligent “Ivy grad”, do you really deem it acceptable to be judged on your sexual past, when an intelligent twenty-four-year-old male “Ivy grad” is not so judged?
Before you answer, please read my article.
