“Rape must surely include physical force or threat of physical force. That is why women raping men is virtually a non-issue – most men, including this one, are stronger than most women.”
Mary, what matters is the legal definition, not some nonsense in a commercial dictionary. after all we’re not in the fourth grade. If you have sex with a drunken person (female) that is prima facie rape in almost every jurisdiction in the US. No force involved. Force is not an element of the crime; lack of consent is the crucial element.
“I’m sure rape laws do vary from state to state (I’m British, and our legal definition probably varies too.) ”
Mary, as I recall, penetration is written into the British legal definition of rape. That is completley sexist of course and quite backward, but there it is – every juriosdiction has some loopy old relics of laws.
“I don’t buy the argument that her pregnancy was the equivalent of a loaded gun. He could have got her off without harming the baby.”
Once again – she threatened to cry rape. The preganancy would just have made the police, the judge and the jury lose their minds that much faster and convict him before the trial. I can’t expect a woman to understand this kind of threat because you have never lived under it.
“Exactly! Men can’t perform without some interest in performing. ”
Bullshit. Well, maybe you can’t. Get a clue about basic anatomy.
“All my 66 years I have believed that the male erection is a very delicate thing – collapsing at the least bit of pyschological distress …”
Maybe only around you.
““she infringed on his capability of making a choice…”
No she didn’t, seguine.
He chose to get drunk.
He chose to not plan a way home.
He chose to get a room with a complete stranger.”
If he had been female none of those facts would have excused the rapist. Not one of those communicates consent. She should have doen hard time, just like a man.
“I’m sorry Helen, but this is silly. Men ARE supposed to be different than women. I don’t want to see men crying and sharing their feelings….I hate the whole metrosexual thing, it’s part of what is wrong with the whole landscape…we need men to be men…”
And we don’t need you or your kind for anything, you damned bigot. You really are sorry.
“Snoop: Yeah, he shouldn’t have been in that position.”
That’s the bottom line. The breeder could have walked.
