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Last weeks decision by the Court of Appeal to clear a 25 year old man of raping a student, after they both got extremely drunk is quite surprising.
I know a number of people, both men and women, who have become seriously intoxicated and ended up having sex. Although, maybe I’m strange in not seeing any attraction to shagging a liquored up girl; but I know enough guys that, given the slightest encouragement, would see it as a chance to put another notch on their bedposts.
Views among women seen to differ – I’ve met girls that will be honest and say they need to get drunk so that they can drop their prissy exterior and have an excuse to jump into bed with a guy they haven’t been dating for ages. Other girls will say they felt dirty, used or ashamed after a night of drunken sex with some guy. From this, I conclude that there is a huge difference between actually being raped, and feeling like you’ve been raped; this is a subtle but very important distinction.
Government ministers had planned to introduce a ‘Sex Breathalyser‘, meaning that a woman could then be deemed to be too drunk to give consent. However, we already have a system where a woman can decide that if she doesn’t like a man for whatever reason, she can cry rape and have him publicly dragged through the courts, all while retaining her anonymity. If it later transpires that he is innocent, his reputation will be in tatters, and the woman will walk away with maybe a caution for time-wasting.
The court therefore made the correct decision, because no matter how inebriated you are, if you said “Yes” the night before, your still responsibility for your actions. Girls, if you’re worried that some opportunistic guy might take advantage of you, while you’re in an agreeable state, then the answer is simple: drink less!
Unfortunately modern men, and now woman, having gained equality, think they both have to out do each other in the drinking stakes, downing countless pints and then spewing up all over the place before falling over or doing something stupid. And then most likely trying to claim compensation for it afterwards, rather than accepting any responsibility.
Drinking and sex are both fun, but if you don’t want to have sex then don’t agree to it. If you choose to have sex, then do remember that sex isn’t love, and you won’t be very lovable, if you’re covered in vomit, and reeking of booze.
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Posted by Jonathan in Sociology