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Originally posted by Crazy/Beautiful
I willing go ahead and have sex with somebody because they won't stop pressuring me about it and making me feel like I owe it to them?
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That's not their fault. If you keep saying no, then they won't have sex with you - or if they do then it's rape. If you say yes, then NO MATTER WHAT THE REASON (barring "have sex with me or I'll kill your loved ones" types of tactics) it's not rape.
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What about people that have taken advantage of the fact that some people are too young to know better, mentally unstable, under the influence etc.
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Too young: That's called statutory rape. It's already covered. Mentally unstable: See statutory rape. Under the influence: See statutory rape. We're talking about 2 consenting adults of legal age who are both sober here.
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I have never pressed charges against anyone but I do feel like I've been raped. I get scared of guys and I hate being in public by myself and having people look at me. I get physically ill at the thought of what has happened to me. I don't trust men and would seriously hurt any of these people if I ever saw them again. But they are free to wander around, and I get to feel the after effects forever. Is that fair? If a girl feels like she has been raped, she has.
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I'm sorry for how you feel, but that's simply not the case. If a girl has had sex FORCED ON HER then she's been raped. If she CONSENTS to the sex, then she has not been raped, whether she regrets it later or not. If you agreed to the sex, then the man who had sex with you cannot be held responsible for raping you. If you said no and he had sex with you anyway, then yes he did rape you but that incident does not apply to the discussion at hand.