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In reply to the discussion: Eckerd College President: You Can Stop Rape By Not Drinking Or Having Casual Sex [View all]ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)8. but we have been told time and time again here
that an inebriated person cannot give consent... what's the answer to that? cause i am pretty damned sure that college kids (especially but not exclusively) are gonna keep getting drunk and keep on fuckin'...
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Eckerd College President: You Can Stop Rape By Not Drinking Or Having Casual Sex [View all]
Miles Archer
Nov 2014
OP
yup, that was what boardwalk empire was all about. What is troublesome about the Eckerd college
still_one
Nov 2014
#7
rape is about males asserting power over females. It is not about two people having
CTyankee
Nov 2014
#5
As Homer Simpson says: "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."
Initech
Nov 2014
#38
The worst thing is, it's good advice. Here's my attempt at rephrasing it in a better way.
Recursion
Nov 2014
#12
what is telling is that the Eckerd president did NOT phrase it the way you did.
CTyankee
Nov 2014
#13
I was there for Parents Weekend to see granddaughter. She loves the C of C. Her home is in
CTyankee
Nov 2014
#17
The problem is that his temperance lecture and his "sexual relations" lecture are being done in
CTyankee
Nov 2014
#19
Eckerd College was originally Florida Presbyterian and still has ties to the church
csziggy
Nov 2014
#21
My friend who went to Eckerd went on to get a Master's at Yale Divinity School. She is also
CTyankee
Nov 2014
#25
Yeah that's the "if you don't own a gun you're less likely to get shot" argument.
Initech
Nov 2014
#22
You can stop rape by locking everyone alone in their rooms 24 hours a day, too
cyberswede
Nov 2014
#26
Or...Rapists can stop raping. (Are merchants blamed for shop-lifters? Are banks blamed for robbers?)
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#27