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Thus, if a woman were inebriated or in some other way physically incapacitated from expressing unwillingness, University policy would then consider sexual intercourse rape in such a situation. The final council recommendation is even more liberal, allowing for a victim who is merely "unable" to express unwillingness. Debate over the single word "physically" lasted nearly half an hour. It was decided that deletion of the word "physically" would allow for such situations as psychological trauma or shock which might prevent a woman from expressing unwillingness...
...more importance in this than mere "grey area," but to the entire undergraduate community. The Crimson had a duty to inform the Harvard community properly of the significance and gravity of what has been termed "sexual negligence." This category opens up an entirely new outlook on the definition of rape...
What lies at the crux of the matter is not what happens when a woman says "no" and is ingored. All agree this constitutes rape. What is under consideration are situations in which a woman does not "say no," but nor does she say "yes." The new proposed definition is an attempt to take into account situations in which no clear "no" was spoken, but ones in which it was nevertheless signified...
Here, above all, is where the newly proposed definition is attempting to expand the current one. While the Date Rape Task Force did wish to have an even broader definition of rape, one in which any sexual encounter that did not have explicit consent of both parties would constitute rape, this definition was deemed too strict to be feasibly instituted. To be politically blunt, such a definition would never have passed the UC full council...
...difficult to prove rape in cases where a woman does not explicitly communicate "no." Yet, Prahbu and Anagnostopoulos have very astutely pointed out that while such cases may not always be considered rape, they are neither right, not, moral, nor should they occur with impunity. Such instances of "sexual negligence" have thus been the cynosure of the UC's attempt to broaden the definition of rape. If a woman does not say no, but nevertheless communicates unwillingness and feels violated, she may be able to prosecute under this new category...