Sorry I double commented – I thought the earlier one was lost.
One last set of thoughts.
I was asking myself why I sent so much time responding to the article and the comments. I think it is because – while I abhor the power that (only) women have to claim date rape and destroy a man’s life – I think the last thing that should be done about it is for men to be countering with claims of “rape” or “sexual assault” where there is no real harm. Men don’t need to argue that they are women too.
I also think that there is an undercurrent here that there is a hidden pandemic of women raping and sexually assaulting men (equal in number to instances of men raping and sexually assaulting women). I think that is unfounded.
Finally, I am sorry, but there is a huge difference between the seriousness of what happened if you switched the sexes of the parties in the story. See the comment from JA above for the reason why. I just cannot feign the same level of concern for James than I would have for a woman in those circumstances. I don’t think most of the population could either (and I don’t think they are wrong for thinking that way) – despite the number of commenters here who seem to.
