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Icarus's picture

ok....i have a question...i didn't post this as a forum topic because..well i didn't feel like it.

is it considered rape if a girl accuses the guy the next morning after having already said yes and had perfectly consensual sex the night before? i'm not talking about the girl who had the roofie slipped in her drink, or the one who drank into oblivion, or the one who was coerced into doing something she didn't want to do. i'm talking about the one who may have had one too many and tipsily agreed to sex or the girl who made the wrong decision and now doesn't want to deal with the consequences. should it be legal for her to report it as rape?

i mean, let's look at the flipside. guy gets a little tipsy, takes a girl home under the influence of beer goggles, wakes up the next morning and regrets the decision immediately. she does the walk of shame and they both get on with their life.

a girl gets a little tipsy, goes home with a guy, wakes up and regrets it, she can scream rape and get away with it, making it infinitely harder for both legitimate rape victims and guys who are just looking to have good, clean fun.

opinions?

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ReinbowGrl's picture

Usually, from a legal view,

Usually, from a legal view, if there is alcohol involved it's considered that she/he/they didn't and couldn't make right-minded descions. You also have to consider how many people ARE raped but never report it. It'll always be "legal" to report rape. Police investigate and then decide. Usually they do a tox screen and rape kit. If there are signs of forced entry, seminal fluid, etc then they have valid reason to believe a rape took place.

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jeff's picture

Nope...

Doesn't sound like rape to me.

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lacking_direction's picture

That's not rape. That's like

That's not rape. That's like giving your friend money and then regretting it, so you say they stole it. It's about what happens at that time not later. I also don't think they get away with it. They get away with making an accusation, but that doesn't mean a guilty verdict or even an arrest will come of it. Anyone can accuse anybody of anything, doesn't mean it's true. It would just be a he said she said situation, no proof, no conviction. Same case as in real rape cases with no evidence, however those women aren't lying.