You do realise you're using the "it wasn't rape-rape argument"?
I'm saying that for it to be rape, non-consent has to be expressed at the time of the sexual act.
Please reread your sentence.
Can you see how it excludes a vast number of circumstances which are still rape? If someone's drunk or unconscious, they cannot express a lack of consent. If someone's mentally incapacitated, they cannot express a lack of consent.
What about coercion or abuse of power? Consent is given, but it is not given freely. Mindfuck? Consent is given, but it is not informed. And so on, and so forth.
Also, I don't usually like when people use personal anecdotes, but about "well if you regret after a week it's not rape"? It took me months to realise and admit to myself that I'd been raped. Double that before I could say it out loud. If I wanted to prosecute the person (who, may I add, I've had very cordial relations with all that time), I'd have gone to the police years after it happened. So, you know, there is that possibility.
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I'm saying that for it to be rape, non-consent has to be expressed at the time of the sexual act.
Please reread your sentence.
Can you see how it excludes a vast number of circumstances which are still rape? If someone's drunk or unconscious, they cannot express a lack of consent. If someone's mentally incapacitated, they cannot express a lack of consent.
What about coercion or abuse of power? Consent is given, but it is not given freely. Mindfuck? Consent is given, but it is not informed. And so on, and so forth.
Also, I don't usually like when people use personal anecdotes, but about "well if you regret after a week it's not rape"? It took me months to realise and admit to myself that I'd been raped. Double that before I could say it out loud. If I wanted to prosecute the person (who, may I add, I've had very cordial relations with all that time), I'd have gone to the police years after it happened. So, you know, there is that possibility.