Sunday, May 24, 2015

When the Rapist Doesn’t See It as Rape - NYTimes.com

When the Rapist Doesn’t See It as Rape - NYTimes.com: "There are no easy solutions, but one way to fight the epidemic is legal: Prosecute aggressively, while recognizing that sexual encounters are often complex, ambiguous, fueled by alcohol, and prone to he-said-she-said uncertainties.

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Another way to fight back is cultural: Blunt conversations among men and women alike about consent, alcohol, and the need for friends to step up with what’s called “bystander intervention.” That means that just as you don’t let a friend drive drunk, you don’t let a friend take advantage of someone — or let a plastered friend get steered to a predator’s bed."



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