good freaking lord.

:smh: orgasm is an involuntary occurence. it will happen whether the arousal is on purpose or by accident, for pleasure or for someone else's, with your consent or without.

and there lies another portion of the emotional abuse that results from rape: a woman will wonder how she enjoyed something that was wrong and against her will, and therefore blaming herself or downplaying the severity of what actually happened by saying "well i liked it so... maybe it wasnt wrong? i guess i shouldnt report it then :shrugs:"

Orgasmed when raped in an abusive relationship
Rape Myths
Wiki on Rape
Can a person orgasm during rape?

I'm getting my Master's in Counseling and I have a degree in Psychology, they teach us about this stuff. You should educate yourself. The Wiki article gives the most info on Rape in general.

What do they teach in schools these days? Hell, my first day of college they had a rape seminar that everyone was encouraged to go to ( and bribed the freshmen with housing preference for the next year).

Thanks. I didn't know.

for realz. ive sat in on so many rape/sexual assault, alcohol and other drug abuse, and LGBT seminars in college that i forget that some of this isn't common knowledge to people.

i think schools are teaching stuff, just that ppl like CG arent listening. theyre sitting in the back with their iPod on and not giving a crap.

That's a little extreme.

While in theory I agree, in reality it doesn't work like that at all.

I don't think it is. I think the only way a rapist is getting off is if he's a rich celebrity and has enough money to hire a high powered attorney. Then maybe.

I disagree. Anytime a thief/rapist or whatever can break into someone's house, see a gun and then turn to run only to get shot in the back and then have the person who pulled the trigger sent to prison for shooting a stranger for breaking into his/her home. If that's not protecting the criminal then I don't know what is.

My parents live next door to a judge. I hear all kinds of crazy scenarios that don't make sense at all.

This thread is turning into a train wreck. :(

Unfortunately rapists get off (pun unintended) a lot because so much of a rape case is circumstancial unless there is indisputable DNA evidence. Normally it'll be a his word vs. her word case. For this reason, a lot of rapes and sexual assaults do go unreported. I'm sure that a thread asking people on GC who's been raped and/or sexually assaulted and not reported it would garner quite a few responses.

what is the sentence for being convicted on rape charges? how many years does it get?

i know there are quite a few jobs/careers you wont be able to pursue with that on your record, but if said rapist is found guilty (which i take it to be not so much), are those his only consequences: jail time, being denied certain jobs, and being on a sex offender registry?

and what happens if a woman loses a trial, in that she lied about the rape (and that it never happened, cause we know cases like this do happen). is there a consequence for her, aside from looking like an ass? is she just charged with purgery (sp)?