Under NC law No doesn't always mean no

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http://www.wral.com/under-nc-law-no-doesn-t-always-mean-no/16678675/

A Wake County woman is fighting to change a state law that says women cannot legally revoke consent during sex, even if the encounter turns violent.

Amy Guy said her estranged husband showed up drunk at her apartment in December and demanded sex.

"Since he was getting angry, I figured it would be better to go ahead and agree to the sex because I figured that was the safer thing for me to do," Guy said Tuesday.

But she said he got violent with her, and he wouldn't end their sexual encounter even though she begged him to stop.

Jonathan Wayne Guy, 48, was initially charged with second-degree rape in the case, but because the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a 1979 case that women cannot revoke consent after sex begins, the charges were lowered to misdemeanor assault on a female.

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Holy crap. I had no idea. Because the fix didn't pass at least one house by the end of April it will be at least another year before this can be fixed.