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Many students on campus question whether the Ad Board is qualified to deal with cases of rape and sexual assault...
...Naessens ’01: “Rape should be punished, girls should be made to feel more comfortable seeking help or counseling, guys should be more aware of girls’ needs, girls should be more comfortable with themselves and their sexuality, no one should take advantage of girls especially when drunk, and having sex with someone who is obviously drunk is a bad idea whether girl...
...understood Harvard policy to be, according to a group’s presentation, if both the man and woman were drunk, they had sex, and the next day the woman had second thoughts about what she did, that would technically be rape. I personally feel this is wrong. If both parties are drunk and thus unable to legally consent, then both are rapists and both are victims, and I see no reason why men should be held more accountable than women in this sort of a situation...
Evan S. Day ’03: “I 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?...
...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...