| I am sorry to hear that such a thing happened to your friend. Since alcohol is a commonplace element of seduction, I am not clear why you "except" it. The fact is that a woman need not have struggled or even voiced a protest, and that she may have compromised herself markedly, by taking off her clothes and getting into bed with the fellow; that she may have been involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with her alleged attacker; and that they might continue the relationship after the incident--- indeed, in the classic study, most of the "victims" did not regard themselves as having been raped, and almost half continued a sexual relationship with their supposed attackers---- and the fellow might still be considered a rapist, at least by the researchers. If the girl were drunk, if the fellow were sexually aggressive, if she did not voice explicit consent, if she expressed ambivalence, regret, or confusion over the episode, she would become part of the 1/4 who had been raped. This signals, to me, a confusion between rape and seduction...... |
