OK, I've watched this topic grow the last couple days and I can't keep quiet any more ...
I was at UF when this incident happened, and I knew several Delta Chis well. People may not like it, but fraternities DO have the right to hire strippers. It's just totally inappropriate to have sex with them in the middle of the chapter house in front of everyone!
In my view, the guys just used terrible judgment here. They should have known the HUGE risk mgmt. issues associated with having the strippers in the house so late, drunk, having sex with the brothers, etc.
Unfortunately for everyone, it didn't end there. The stripper cried rape. Falsely. Keep in mind while you may be hearing about this tape now, here in Gainesville it's old news, a couple years old. Lots of us have seen that tape and everyone that has seen the whole thing agrees - she was NOT RAPED. If there was any real doubt, with so many people at UF watching it, don't you think SOMEONE would have said something?
To be honest, I've only seen a little of it because I walked out of the room when I realized what it was. As for the 30 seconds I did see, let's just say she's enjoying herself. And I know that "no means no", etc. but let's be practical, you can't happily start having sex, then in the middle decide he's raping you. Consenting to fooling around is one thing, consenting to sex is another. Once two people take that step, and they are in the "physical act", that's it.
The only people arguing that Lisa Gier King was raped after the tape was released were Ms. King and "Campus NOW" - a misleading name because they are NOT an authorized student group. Contrary to what NOW and our student newspaper (which is well-known for horrible inaccurate journalism) said, UPD did a fair investigation. After seeing the tape, they judged what took place as NOT RAPE. As for the supposed "missing parts" of the tape in the middle, let's use common sense: if you were raped, would you later that night have consensual sex with the same guy? I seriously doubt it!
Here's the ironic part - the tape they had to use to defend themselves got them kicked off campus. King accused Delta Chi of rape. To defend themselves, they gave UPD the tape. The tape showed the sex as consensual, but it ALSO showed a lot of other problems - drug use, underage drinking, hazing of the pledges, etc. That's what got them kicked off campus for the last couple years. Drugs. Alcohol. Hazing. Not rape.
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