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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't think it's possible for Jessica Alba to rape a straight man, though. Just saying.
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Well, the legal standard for convicting a person of a crime is that it is proved to a jury "beyond a reasonable doubt." And yes, if Jessica Alba were to be accused of raping a man, the prosecution would be a lot of doubt to overcome. But it is still theoretically possible.
As Shehus pointed out, the perceived attractiveness of the perpetrator is unfortunately a factor in the doubt people will have. This is why jocks and popular guys are more likely to get away with it. People look at him and think "he's a hunk, what college girl wouldn't want to sleep with him?"
As I said earlier, female on male rapes are more likely to be called sexual harassment. If a female boss tells a male employee that he'll be fired if he doesn't have sex with her, it's not enormiously different than a man telling a women she'll be beat up if she doesn't have have sex with him. Not the same thing, but the same neighborhood.