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...Task Force, formed in 1990 in response to student concerns about the College's treatment of date rape, defined rape as a sexual act without the "reasoned consent" of both partners...
Prabhu and Effie K. Anagnostopoulos '92 pointedout problems of miscommunication may arise withoutone party's explicitly denying consent...
...this new dimension of dissent will work with the Harvard administration. If the law students or Derrick bell succeed in their legal action, it is not definite that there is anything they can do to force Harvard to hire certain people. There are too many factors--such as the consent of those to whom the University offers jobs--beyond the control of Harvard's faculty hiring committees...
...report defines consensual sexual intercourse as rape by the male unless it occurs with "the expressed consent of the person" who is his partner. "Expressed consent" should not be confused with consent; it requires verbalizations or actions definable at the whim of the Ad Board. The expressed consent requirement restricts the freedom of choice for couples in long-term sexual relationships, who know the intimate preferences of their partners and are thus able to engage in sexual intercourse without discussing beforehand what types of acts they will perform. For example, the proposed rule would have branded a former hallmate...
...defining sex accompanied by implied consent as possible rape, the Task Force proposals provide a female partner with a weapon she can use against her ex-lover during the acrimony of breaking up. Rape charges motivated by spite, exceedingly rare under current rules, could proliferate if the proposed rape definition is adopted...