Women have all the control in normal sexual encounters they can deny or agree. If they want to be not called tramps then that is within their control.
QED. Nice girls don’t get raped.
Why should a male who wants sex anyway he can get it feel bad if women foolishly allows themselves to give sex because they decided to get wasted?
This comment is typical for this thread.
Naively, when I wrote this article, I thought that opposition to the double standard – to unfairness – could be assumed. It is only fair that human beings be judged equally for the same conduct. I expected to be challenged on the grounds that MacDonald was not in favour of the double standard. Nobody has challenged me on this.
All the opposition to my original article has been based on the premise that it is acceptable for men to be promiscuous but not for women. I am disgusted by this. Equality before the law, and, following from that, a single standard of morality, is a cornerstone of Western civilisation. Otherwise we are no better than the Muslims.
To those few posters here who believe that human beings should be judged as human beings – thanks for your support.
QED. I was right. But I wish I’d been wrong.
