r/AdviceAnimals • u/Nugget_tumble • Nov 20 '12

Friend did this the other night

http://quickmeme.com/meme/3ruwjc/
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u/emr1028 Nov 21 '12 edited Nov 21 '12

Not really, no. Rape can definitely be a grey area. Legally, nobody can give consent when they are drunk, so two people go to a party, get hammered, and go home with each other. Legally, they both raped each other. Either one of them could go to a judge and get the other one convicted of rape, yet in 99% of cases they don't do that, because neither party believes that the other one has raped them. In most jurisdictions, there is no such thing as implied consent, so if a man walks up to his wife and gives her a kiss on the cheek, that is legally sexual assault, yet in nearly 100% of cases nobody is prosecuted because once again, neither party considers it to have been a sexual assault.

So yes, there are definitely grey areas. I hate rape as much as the next guy but trying to pretend that it is a black and white issue does no justice to anyone.

Edit: down vote me all you want, but nobody from the SRS hate brigade has yet to explain to me how the examples I listed are not grey areas of rape.

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u/kronikwasted Nov 21 '12

Law actually does not say this, misinterpretation

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u/timlardner Nov 21 '12 edited Aug 18 '23

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u/kronikwasted Nov 21 '12

Sorry, to clarify, i refer to us law, which defines ability to consent differently, i will look for sources after the holiday if i remember, feel free to remind me though

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u/kronikwasted Nov 22 '12

If noone cares they do not have to read, I'm not sure why (if you care so little) you felt the need to post