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It simply is not rape. It's sexual harassment. There is a concerted attempt now to characterize sexual harassment as rape. The person we are replying to did it
by golemotron 12y ago
It simply is not rape. It's sexual harassment.
There is a concerted attempt now to characterize sexual harassment as rape. The person we are replying to did it in an off-hand manner and it is wrong - not just as a point of law but as a strategy for social change.
- lukeschlather 12y agoThis may be correct, legally, in some jurisdictions. I'm not a lawyer. However, I think it kind of misses the point to adjudicate sexual harassment vs. rape in these cases. Saying it's merely sexual harassment implies that it's somehow not an issue. The point is that it's clearly a malicious act, not a well-intentioned boundary-crossing misunderstanding.
- emj 12y agoBut it can become rape, pretty easily if you are a person in power which sadly often means a man even if he isn't the boss.