tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post116243166337130581..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Once It's In, It's InPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1164680292189547192006-11-27T18:18:00.000-08:002006-11-27T18:18:00.000-08:00The reason for the Maryland law is that we have ha...<I>The reason for the Maryland law is that we have had too many instances of a woman agreeing to have sex, having said sex, and then a week later deciding that it was actually a rape.</I><BR/><BR/>Hmm. It's interesting that the court didn't explain this in its ruling, and explicitly based its decision on the notion that the woman's value as a commodity is lost upon penetration, and further intercourse is immaterial to the case. I'm glad you were able to explain to me what they <I>really</I> meant.<BR/><BR/>As for deciding a week later that sex was actually rape, that doesn't seem like an inordinate amount of time to me. Some people might take longer than that to admit to anyone else they'd had sex, in some situations. I can well imagine that the decision to press charges would take a while to make, particularly for an inexperienced person who needs a lot of advice. <BR/><BR/>Plus, it'd probably take a while to steel oneself for being portrayed in court as a two-faced, cock-hungry slut.<BR/><BR/>All things considered, I'd say a woman who decides to go through with such a life-shattering decision after only a week probably feels pretty strongly about it, especially given how often she's likely to face contemptuous attitudes like yours.<BR/><BR/><I>Maybe all parties need to be held accountable for their actions and not just men?</I><BR/><BR/>The man in this case was asked to pull his penis out of a woman's body. It's hard to see how the woman is accountable for his refusal to do this, unless you want to argue that the woman has no say over the duration of intercourse once she's consented. Which would be utterly deranged.<BR/><BR/>Look at it this way: If I knock on your door and you let me into your house, that doesn't give me the right to do whatever I please while I'm there, or to keep hanging around after you've told me to leave. Hell, that'd be true even if you were renting, and I were your landlord. <BR/><BR/>See how simple the basic issue is, once you put aside the distractions of sexual horror and misogyny?Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1162683182099082132006-11-04T15:33:00.000-08:002006-11-04T15:33:00.000-08:00The reason for the Maryland law is that we have ha...The reason for the Maryland law is that we have had too many instances of a woman agreeing to have sex, having said sex, and then a week later deciding that it was actually a rape.<BR/><BR/>Maybe all parties need to be held accountable for their actions and not just men?<BR/><BR/>Carry on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1162510152098507512006-11-02T15:29:00.000-08:002006-11-02T15:29:00.000-08:00I feel an unexpected injury is worse when one is e...<I> I feel an unexpected injury is worse when one is expecting pleasure than when one is expecting a certain amount of pain.</I><BR/><BR/>That's my point, actually. As bad as this dentist scenario is, the corresponding sexual scenario is a good deal worse. You'd think that a woman would have more legal recourse in that situation, not less. <BR/><BR/>Basically, she's a consumer in the dentist scenario, and a commodity in the sexual scenario.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1162497864741027322006-11-02T12:04:00.000-08:002006-11-02T12:04:00.000-08:00That's an appalling ruling.I really like your play...That's an appalling ruling.<BR/>I really like your play - but I feel an unexpected injury is worse when one is expecting pleasure than when one is expecting a certain amount of pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1162483487219879072006-11-02T08:04:00.000-08:002006-11-02T08:04:00.000-08:00Your play is choc-a-bloc with Rare Invention and C...<I>Your play is choc-a-bloc with Rare Invention and Cunning Wit.</I><BR/><BR/>Nay, sir. I do but catch the audience as Woodcockes and Widgeons are caught, by a lowd bell and a greasie light. What's eternal in the play is God's; only its faults are mine own.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1162439729884137222006-11-01T19:55:00.000-08:002006-11-01T19:55:00.000-08:00Your play is choc-a-bloc with Rare Invention and C...Your play is choc-a-bloc with Rare Invention and Cunning Wit.Thershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072224569922847217noreply@blogger.com