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Slate: One-Night Stand or Rape?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2012-02-01 15:39
Article here. Excerpt:
'Q: A friend recently called me and said she had a one-night stand after drinking too much. She was beating herself up over drinking too much and going home with a guy she met at a bar. I reassured her that everyone makes mistakes and didn't think much more of the account. However, since then, she has told many people that she was a victim of date-rape.
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A: Trying to ruin someone else's life is a poor way to address one's alcohol and self-control problems. Since her first version of the story is that she was ashamed of her behavior, and since you have seen her knee-walking drunk on other occasions, it sounds as if she wants to punish the guy at the bar for her own poor choices.
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Good but not good enough
1. Assuming the man had at least one drink, he too was incapable of giving consent. Why doesn't "Prudie" suggest that he seek to charge her friend with rape?
2. "Prudie" says it's wrong for men to go home and have sex with drunk women. But does she also not think the reverse is true? If so, she doesn't say so. Another double-standard.
She gets a 25 out of 100 here.
She needs to take responsibility for her decisions.
Pruddie knows that ALL men are sitting in the corner of bars just waiting to pounce on them so they can sexual intrude them. That is our purpose, that is what is taught, so Pruddie should have taken responsibility and NOT drank to the point of being unable to make decisions for herself.
Pruddie doesn't understand that when people drink the inhibitions come out but they typically don't do things they normally wouldn't so Pruddie would have more than likely had sex with this man even if she were sober.
She is using her drinking as an excuse for having a one night stand and blaming the man for taking advantage of her. In 2012 BOTH men AND women are EQUAL and there should be no caveats to it. she must be held responsible for her actions. As callas as this may sound, she needs to look within herself as to why this happened and understand she was interested in having sex that night, even if she didn't like the outcome.