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...specific consent. The opposing position endorsed by the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH), requiring clear evidence of dissent, or evidence of threats, intimidation and/or coercion, would put the burden on the woman to dissent--that is, a burden of action, not proof. If the definition of rape necessitates explicit dissent, the investigation of any rape will focus on the actions of the woman rather than of the man--his explicit concern for and request of the woman's consent. No other crime focuses its investigation on the actions and intentions of the victim. This shift in the actions that...
...must work towards a society in which a man does not have sex with a woman until he is sure he has her specific consent. Therefore the burden must be on the initiator of a sexual encounter to seek explicit consent, and without such consent, in indifference to an absence of an expression of consent, what occurs must be a rape. Harvard's internal rules are a perfect place to define clearly and explicitly the limits of acceptable behavior in this respect, and the Date Rape Task Force's proposed definition can only help students be a good deal clearer...
When I talked to Kaushik regarding the matter, his responses varied from denial to "I might have only told a couple of friends" to "nobody told [the house committee] what I should be or should not be doing." (I guess Kaushik needed explicit instructions on how to conduct an election fairly...
CLUH's original response, issued last spring, supported the Task Force definition of date rape. The revised position continues to endorse the majority of the Task Force's recommendations, but differs on the question of explicit consent, the CLUH statement said...
These short animated films represent the unleashing of some of the most creative and demented imaginations in the animation industry. The styles and subject matter are incredibly diverse, ranging from the mindless idiocy of Frog Baseball (starring the beloved "Beavis" and "Butthead") to the explicit sexuality of Pink Komkommer to the unbridled violence of Mutilator II: The Underworld...