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October 19 also sees the first recorded rape in Harvard University history, when a Radcliffe student is assaulted at gun point in her dorm room...
...College needs to improve its rape and sexual assault counseling and clarify its procedure for the reporting of such incidents. In the aftermath of an alleged rape by a sophomore last winter, Harvard's response was inadequate--Harvard's administrators seem to prefer to believe that rape and sexual assault do not happen here. The College needs to confront date rape openly and publicize resources for victims. Harvard must go beyond the good work done by student groups and make itself an official source of support and guidance...
...fact that the law must make generalizations, such as the arbitrary designation of 16 or 18 as the age of consent, our society frequently permits exceptions to these rules. A marriage in which the bride is 13 or 14 is not unusual, and there is no talk of rape. This is appropriate. Judgments in affairs of the heart should be made on a case-by-case basis. RICHARD FEINBERG Boston...
...failed marriage and financial bankruptcy. And her lover is no man, but a child. We should not romanticize adults who use children as outlets for frustrations and needs. Whether the perpetrator is an attractive woman or a menacing 300-lb. biker, whether the victim is male or female, statutory rape is a serious crime with devastating consequences for our children. ALLAN J. LICHTMAN Washington
...Letourneau case were reversed, we would not be having this discussion. A man who did what Letourneau did would be long buried and forgotten. There would be no clemency by the judge and no five-page story in TIME. And rightly so. There is nothing remotely romantic about the rape and sexual assault of a child, and nothing can mitigate its horror, certainly not the "complicity" of the victim. Those of us who hear daily the unrelenting litany of trauma and agony that such assaults cause wonder if Jerry Springer is taking over the world. JON S. WHITE Men'sWork...