Lawmakers seek to protect drunk women from rapists
Jul 18, 2007
IF you have considered a high night-out to soften her resistance before a romantic venture, you may have to rethink your strategy. What is happening in the UK may be strange, but well, that is how it starts. Soon, it will be all over the place.
IF you have considered a high night-out to soften her resistance before a romantic venture, you may have to rethink your strategy. What is happening in the UK may be strange, but well, that is how it starts. Soon, it will be all over the place.
Lawmakers in the UK are discussing new legislation that would make it possible to convict men for having sex with women who are drunk.
The idea is that if she is very intoxicated, she is incapable of giving consent. Up until now, women have been considered capable of giving consent as long as they are not unconscious.
The new law could potentially open the door to thousands of new “date-rape†cases. It is no secret that alcohol and dating often go hand in hand, but up until now, guys were unlikely to be prosecuted for mixing the two. With this law comes a big responsibility for men to be sure that a woman is sober enough to know what is going on.
Opponents of the proposed legislation fear it may encourage some women to allege rape when they really just regret having had sex while drunk.
Lawmakers in the UK are discussing new legislation that would make it possible to convict men for having sex with women who are drunk.
The idea is that if she is very intoxicated, she is incapable of giving consent. Up until now, women have been considered capable of giving consent as long as they are not unconscious.
The new law could potentially open the door to thousands of new “date-rape†cases. It is no secret that alcohol and dating often go hand in hand, but up until now, guys were unlikely to be prosecuted for mixing the two. With this law comes a big responsibility for men to be sure that a woman is sober enough to know what is going on.
Opponents of the proposed legislation fear it may encourage some women to allege rape when they really just regret having had sex while drunk.