3 months for Rape

[Benton]

(06-07-2016, 03:58 PM)Beaker Wrote:   Should she have demonstrated better common sense....yes.

I don't think anyone will debate that (although around here, someone will probably prove me wrong). But you led with "But does the girl shoulder any responsibility for getting herself so stupidly drunk?"

And that answer is, no. Why? Because if you take out "so stupidly drunk" and insert "going to a party" it's still blaming the victim. "If you take out "so stupidly drunk" and insert "into a situation with a guy she didn't know" it's still blaming the victim. If you take out "so stupidly drunk" and insert "all dressed up around horny guys" it's still blaming the victim.

Whether she was drunk or not drunk, in a bad place or a safe one, dressed attractively or wearing sweat pants, whatever — a guy doesn't have the right to have sex with her without her consenting. That's what it all boils down to.