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In reply to the discussion: TWO Adult Female Teachers Prey On A 16 Year Old Boy=Rape [View all]Silent3
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...have been (and sometimes still are) treated by society and by the law by deciding that the only solution to prevent such abuses is to overcompensate and oversimplify, set the definition of "rape" to include any sexual contact whatsoever where there is the slightest doubt of utterly clear, unimpaired and totally informed adult consent, set strict, rigid, and unyielding standards accordingly, and abolish/deny any gray areas or degrees of magnitude -- hence "rape is rape".
This is more than just a tautology, of course. It says that once any act has crossed over this strictly delineated line in the sand there can be no legitimate distinctions made between that act and any other act which has also crossed the line. This is because, if you admit to the idea that crime A is worse than crime B, then you're also saying B isn't as bad as A, and as soon as you say "not as bad as" you are (apparently) enabling and excusing and condoning. The "clear" solution is to deny any differences in seriousness or harm at all.
Anyone questioning of this approach, in any way, must be viewed as "supporting rape culture".
Either get on board with this program, or you're just the same as the people who would dismiss a violent knife-point rape because of the way a woman was dressed. There is no in between.