Word: drunkenness
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...think that the Harvard definition of any sex under the influence as rape is screwy also because it excuses a lot of responsibility for decisions one makes which are explicitly not made under any coercive conditions. What about a consensual hook-up between two drunken people? … The entire reason we consider rape such a serious crime is that we recognize each individual’s right to make conscious decisions what to do with their bodies. It’s too bad Harvard can’t do the same...
...While it’s true that a lot of consensual drunken hookups which might be rape under Harvard’s definition don’t lead to accusations of rape, the question of whether or not charges were pressed does not change the facts whether or not a rape occurred. A crime is a crime regardless of whether it’s reported...
...Cobb ’01: “Because the consequences of sex (either social, personal, or biological) are different across genders, it makes sense that we have a rape policy that deals with men and women differently. Women simply have more to lose by a night of casual, drunken sex then...
...necessary. My beef is with the fact that women have to do this. Why don’t guys who get pushy at parties after a couple of drinks have to tote along tee-totaling friends who will take them home before they end up taking advantage of some drunken girl? Why are women the ones who have to stay vigilant while men can do whatever the hell they want, at parties and bars, and other social arenas...
...pursuing or being pursued by a Cambridge townie—taking that relationship from the level of salivating stalking to the that of actual, functional, physical partnership. Emily F. Hodge ’02 has definitely experienced some of the pains of this process. During an evening of drunken revelry at the Hong Kong, Hodge happened upon an attractive, works-at-the-Big-Dig-during-the-day sized bouncer whose friendly persistence has tied up her phone lines ever since. The potential of an actual relationship though has raised some serious issues between Hodge and her roommates...