Thanks for the support, sisters. The blog is at www.straightupjank.com if you're interested, and the flamey troll-y thread is at http://img.4chan.org/r9k/res/4550699.html. Not even /b/! Be warned though, pornographic ads on the site. Should I just not post anything for a (posted to Misogyny on the Internet)
The 4chan link doesn't work anymore. I'm not familiar with how 4chan works but I assume everything gets deleted every 24 hours or so? The link to my blog should work, or you'll have to copy and paste it if (posted to Misogyny on the Internet)
I didn't mean for this post to be a debate regarding my personal experience. Many of the points brought up in all the comments have been very useful for me to read, however, and they're helping me look at the (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
I really wasn't trying to start a debate regarding my personal experience. That being said, I do appreciate all the differing points of view you've all expressed. My point in writing the post was to pose the questions in the (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
I didn't lift the impression that he was like "well, if you really mean no... *pouty face*" to coerce her. I got the impression that it was like "ok *drunken stumble for the door*". It was more of the former (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
cunegonde, I don't know if you are familiar with Pandora's Aquarium, but I have found it to be a very helpful, supportive site for survivors of sexual violence. (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
I didn't mean to be disempowering at all. I apologize if it sounded like that. Let me explain where I was coming from. I was raped and did not tell anyone for two years. I was so traumatized by the (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
I don't think the stop light is a good analogy. The reason being that a traffic infringement doesn't require intent to be considered as such. More serious crimes do require intent in this way. Consider that it is impossible to (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
Just to add to that, here is the OED definition of coerce: 1. trans. a. To constrain or restrain (a voluntary or moral agent) by the application of superior force, or by authority resting on force; to constrain to compliance (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
Male-on-female sex is the only place in the law where consent is assumed. Part of the law regarding male on female rape is that the prosecution has to prove that there was no consent. Under sodomy laws (which are used (posted to Who Decides if it's Rape?)
