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That’s a real strawman there. There is a difference between “a majority” and “all”; I did not at any point say that there is “never marital rape”, nor did I sa
by strenholme 7y ago
That’s a real strawman there. There is a difference between “a majority” and “all”; I did not at any point say that there is “never marital rape”, nor did I say that there is “never rape in an established relationship”. I certainly did not say that “martial rape is OK”.
However, in all of the campus sexual assault accusations I have seen, not a single one was one where the two people were married to each other.
In the real world, not everything is black and white. There are gray areas. It’s much less likely a sexual assault accusation will happen in a marriage. This does not mean it will never happen; don’t pretend that I said something I never said.
- krapp 7y agoIt's not a strawman. Marriage has no effect whatsoever on consent. >It’s much less likely a sexual assault accusation will happen in a marriage. Do you have data to back this up?
- strenholme 7y agoTwo out of three sexual assault allegations involve incidents when the person was not in an established intimate relationship with the person: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/sexual-assault-victims/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/sexual-assault-victims/ Again, when did I ever say that “marital rape is OK”? I did not, and it’s a strawman to claim that I did.
- krapp 7y agoI didn't think you were claiming marital rape was OK, I thought you were claiming it didn't exist, which is an unfortunately common belief. I misinterpreted your intent and I apologize.
- strenholme 7y agoThank you for the apology. This is a complex topic which a Ycombinator thread can not do justice to, so I present this link: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/victims-and-perpetrators https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/victims-and-perpetrators