Rape Or Memorex?
Reading so much about the Kobe Bryant case has made me wonder when consensual intercourse ends and rape begins. It’s easy to define rape when the woman screams "no, no, no" while the man is punching her in the stomach, slapping her in the face, throwing her down, and ramming it home. But what if the sex is fully consensual, but half-way through it the woman changes her mind?
Now feminists say that if a man doesn't pull out the instant a woman says no, he’s guilty of rape. But what if he immediately says "okay," but then then gets in an extra three thrusts before pulling out? Is that rape? What if he stops immediately stops thrusting and but takes ten seconds to fully pull out?
Since many feminists I know would still call that rape, I'm sure, what if he's out in five seconds? Two seconds? Is one second too long?
What if the word "no" never comes up at all.
What if the man and woman are having a tepid love affair that isn't going anywhere and one Sunday afternoon he proposes what he thinks is a great idea. She’s bored, she’s tired but she can’t think of any good reason to say no.
Half through the act of coitus, it dawns on her that he doesn't excite her at all anymore. He grunts, he sweats. He seems so little aware of her feelings at times she wonders if he wouldn't be just as happy making love to a hole in the mattress.
"You know," she says, "I don’t think I want to do this any more."
"Huh?"
"I said I don’t think I want to do this any more."
They guy doesn’t say anything, he’s too busy gasping and pounding away.
"Did you hear me?" says the woman.
"Wha....," says the guy.
"Well?"
"One second. . . ," he says, ". . unhhh, unhhh, unhhh, aaaahhhhh." He stops pumping and slumps over her exhausted.
"Did you just cum?" she says, with an incredulous tone in her voice.
"Big time," he says, rolling off to one side, tired but happy.
"You are such a jerk," says the woman, sitting up and reaching for a cigarette. She inhales deeply, then blows out the smoke in an angry rush.
"Let me have a puff," says the guy, borrowing her cigarette and taking a big draw.
He blows out the smoke dreamily and holds out the cigarette for her to take back.
"Just keep it," she says, wrapping her arms around her knees and staring out the window.
"Jeez," says the man, getting out of bed. "What's gotten into you?"
Well, there you have it. Is it rape or is it Memorex?
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Now feminists say that if a man doesn't pull out the instant a woman says no, he’s guilty of rape. But what if he immediately says "okay," but then then gets in an extra three thrusts before pulling out? Is that rape? What if he stops immediately stops thrusting and but takes ten seconds to fully pull out?
Since many feminists I know would still call that rape, I'm sure, what if he's out in five seconds? Two seconds? Is one second too long?
What if the word "no" never comes up at all.
What if the man and woman are having a tepid love affair that isn't going anywhere and one Sunday afternoon he proposes what he thinks is a great idea. She’s bored, she’s tired but she can’t think of any good reason to say no.
Half through the act of coitus, it dawns on her that he doesn't excite her at all anymore. He grunts, he sweats. He seems so little aware of her feelings at times she wonders if he wouldn't be just as happy making love to a hole in the mattress.
"You know," she says, "I don’t think I want to do this any more."
"Huh?"
"I said I don’t think I want to do this any more."
They guy doesn’t say anything, he’s too busy gasping and pounding away.
"Did you hear me?" says the woman.
"Wha....," says the guy.
"Well?"
"One second. . . ," he says, ". . unhhh, unhhh, unhhh, aaaahhhhh." He stops pumping and slumps over her exhausted.
"Did you just cum?" she says, with an incredulous tone in her voice.
"Big time," he says, rolling off to one side, tired but happy.
"You are such a jerk," says the woman, sitting up and reaching for a cigarette. She inhales deeply, then blows out the smoke in an angry rush.
"Let me have a puff," says the guy, borrowing her cigarette and taking a big draw.
He blows out the smoke dreamily and holds out the cigarette for her to take back.
"Just keep it," she says, wrapping her arms around her knees and staring out the window.
"Jeez," says the man, getting out of bed. "What's gotten into you?"
Well, there you have it. Is it rape or is it Memorex?
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