"In he-said, she-said sexual assault cases, critics of affirmative consent say the policy puts an unfair burden of proof on the accused."
This is my problem with 'affirmative consent'. Anyone that feels regretful the next day can then go ahead and say they were raped.
Even if they had oral consent, it will be one word against another. Will we now need a written contract before having sex? Because this seems like what is eventually going to happen to avoid a criminal court case.
"Students will ask, “Can I have sex when we are both drunk?” she said. “I get this one a lot: If I hook up with a girl and the next day she decides she didn’t want to do it, then what do I do?”"
Interestingly she doesn't give the answer.
This article conveniently avoids mentioning that this new law almost explicitly targets men. To answer your question young student, if a drunk man has sex with a drunk woman he is a rapist, because everybody knows drunk men are still fully in control, while drunk women are unable to make adult decisions.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] threadThis is my problem with 'affirmative consent'. Anyone that feels regretful the next day can then go ahead and say they were raped.
Even if they had oral consent, it will be one word against another. Will we now need a written contract before having sex? Because this seems like what is eventually going to happen to avoid a criminal court case.
Interestingly she doesn't give the answer.
This article conveniently avoids mentioning that this new law almost explicitly targets men. To answer your question young student, if a drunk man has sex with a drunk woman he is a rapist, because everybody knows drunk men are still fully in control, while drunk women are unable to make adult decisions.