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To: The Philosopher who wrote (73980)9/5/2003 11:42:30 AM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 82486
 
This joke turned up on the Laughter thread, and seemed to have at least a marginal relationship to our topic. A bit of levity to lighten the mood.

A woman asks her husband if he'd like some breakfast. "Would you like bacon and eggs, perhaps? A slice of toast? Grapefruit and coffee to follow?" she asks.
He declines. "It's this Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."
At lunchtime, she asks if he would like something.
"A bowl of homemade soup, homemade muffins or a cheese sandwich?" she inquires.
He declines. "The Viagra," he says, "really trashes my desire for food.."
Come dinnertime, she asks if he wants anything to eat. Would he like maybe a steak and apple pie? Maybe he'd like a pizza microwaved or a tasty stir-fry that would only take a couple of minutes? He declines. "Naw, still not hungry."
Well," she says, "would you mind letting me up? I'm starving

So . . . if he doesn't get up, is he raping her?



To: The Philosopher who wrote (73980)9/5/2003 12:14:02 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I would prefer to confine rape to the employment of violence, the threat of violence, the use of overwhelming force, or, perhaps, the use of a drug. Other forms of coercion are possible, and you are right, may be employed by females against males, but I would like to treat them separately, as constituting far less of a personal assault........