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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by DoreenMichele on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:47PM (#15942985)
What did I say that you feel constitutes social pressure that makes it hard for a man to accuse a woman of rape? Because I am quite confused by your comment.
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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by skj on Saturday December 16, 2017 @07:27PM (#15943134)
Your question, as posed, presumed the answer would be different for men than for women. Why else pose it?
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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by DoreenMichele on Saturday December 16, 2017 @07:34PM (#15943174)
No, my question, as posed, presumes that the person I am addressing has not thought this through and they are assuming that only women can be raped. They are ready to hang a man high for having sex with an intoxicated woman with no additional evidence beyond "Sex happened and she was intoxicated."

I asked it to rebut their unstated but obvious (and erroneous) assumption that only men are rapists and only women are victims of sexual assault.

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