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Subject: Re: Rape (anywhere, not just Ontario) - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 01:35:08 EST
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isrnix!akp    Dec  7 01:08:00 1983

How refreshingly elightened is the Canadian legislature!  In Indiana, the male
is ALWAYS responsible for "statutory rape", regardless of the circumstances
of the contact. (At least, I was led to believe this when I was underage...)
If one or many males were with one or many females under 16, without a guardian
(or other Responsible Person), after midnight, they were guilty of statutory
rape.  Bad craziness.  But the word "sexual" is still on the books ("Sexual
assault")? Yes, there is definitely a difference between raping someone and,
say, mugging or just swinging at him/her.  The distinction must remain, and
the punishment for the former must be greater: consider that a woman can become
pregnant as a result of rape (a friend of mine did), and that is certainly
not possible from nonsexual contact.  On the other hand, why do you find the
idea that "I was so scared I didn't struggle" hard to swallow?  Seems perfectly
natural to me.  Say you're out on the street and somebody with a gun demands
your wallet. Are you going to struggle?  There was a marvelous piece posted on
the bulletin boards around here a while ago -- I may quote the whole thing
sometime. Basically it was a man being interrogated after a mugging.
"So a man took your wallet."
Yes.
"Did you struggle?"
No; he had a knife, and I was afraid.
"So you consciously made a decision to comply with his demands."
Yes.
"Have you ever been mugged before?"
No.
"Have you ever GIVEN money away?"
Yes -- I am a successful lawyer, after all.
"Indeed; you have quite a reputation for philanthropy."
What are you getting at?
"What were you wearing?"
A suit.
"An expensive suit?"
Yes -- like I said, I am a successful lawyer.
"Then you were practically advertising that you would be an easy target for
a mugger; that you had plenty of money. Weren't you practically ASKING to be
mugged?"

...and so it goes.

						-- Allan Pratt
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