seriously , this was done as a satire/comedy sketch on UK TV, except the guy walks into a ploice station and the desk sergeant takes the same line, and tries to pin it on the victim that it was his fault that his wallet got taken from him, but no mention of any court at the end. I saw it when I was - oh , about 25, I would say.
It is that old, nothing new. A sad reflection on society that the problem is still with us, and the story line has not chaged much. How we go about changing the mindset of the perpetrators is beyond me, but the problem is that statistically, a woman is most unlikely to be raped by a stranger who breaks into her home or leaps out of the bushes.
A far more likely scenario is that a woman knows the man involved, that he is someone who has known her for some time and would not dream of physically attacking a woman or holding a gun to her head.
However, he is the sort of guy who is not above pressuring her to ' have another drink', or trying to ' work up a "yes" situation' by being coercive or manipulative. he might even think that he is 'entitled' to something because he took her out to dinner.
The bottom line is, though, that if a man can't take 'no' for an answer, he's a self centred jerk and nothing more. And it seems to me that no matter how much we go into classes and colleges and talk to young men, or put ads on condom machines telling guys that getting consent is important, there still does not seem to be any shortage of guyscoming forward to prove that they are self centred jerks.
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Date: 21/2/11 14:00 (UTC)It is that old, nothing new. A sad reflection on society that the problem is still with us, and the story line has not chaged much. How we go about changing the mindset of the perpetrators is beyond me, but the problem is that statistically, a woman is most unlikely to be raped by a stranger who breaks into her home or leaps out of the bushes.
A far more likely scenario is that a woman knows the man involved, that he is someone who has known her for some time and would not dream of physically attacking a woman or holding a gun to her head.
However, he is the sort of guy who is not above pressuring her to ' have another drink', or trying to ' work up a "yes" situation' by being coercive or manipulative. he might even think that he is 'entitled' to something because he took her out to dinner.
The bottom line is, though, that if a man can't take 'no' for an answer, he's a self centred jerk and nothing more. And it seems to me that no matter how much we go into classes and colleges and talk to young men, or put ads on condom machines telling guys that getting consent is important, there still does not seem to be any shortage of guyscoming forward to prove that they are self centred jerks.