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...unfair and inappropriate for Morgan to use that essay as fuel for his argument. Because I left out most of the details of what happened, Morgan was able to draw his own unfounded conclusions. But for Morgan to use a first-person reflection out of its context in support of his offensive editorial only demonstrates the weakness of his logic...
...FACT THAT Morgan missed the point of my piece, in retrospect, is not surprising. While rape may be a one-night crime to rapists and innocents, to victims it is something that lingers for years. What I wrote about in that article was coming to terms with what happened for myself. But for Morgan's lack of imagination, and because with his allegations Morgan forces my hand, I will more clearly spell out what happened to me that night...
...STATE in my essay that ignorance about acquaintance rape is dangerous. But Morgan's informed and warped view is even more scary. Morgan says that it is a woman's responsibility to make herself "understood" in situations like this; he suggests that if an acquaintance rape occurs the woman merely has not played the "verbal and nonverbal games" of "courtship" well enough. This kind of attitude is chilling. Morgan must realize that at a certain point, "courtship" ceases to be a game...
...What Morgan overlooks in his article, and acquaintance rapists overlook in their crimes, is that a woman must have the option of playing the game or not. No matter what she is wearing or how much she flirts or whether or not she kisses him first, a woman always has the right to say "Stop." She has the right to change her mind. She has the right to set her own limits to the game...
...Morgan states in his piece that "rape is ugly, violent and dehumanizing." This is the only thing he gets right. He is correct in asserting that rape is not a charge to be taken lightly--but he ignores the gravity of the crime when he dismisses my account for the sake of his self-righteous argument. And Morgan's reasoning gives the green light to a train of thought that leads back to a medieval nightmare...