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I don't post much, but I feel the need to put my .02 cents in here. To me, the only thing "common sense" about rape is that if I tell a man that I don't want to have sex with him, and he has sex with me anyway, then I have been raped. Regardless of any victim blaming excuse (level of intoxication, etc.) if I say or clearly indicate a lack of consent, and he does it anyway, I have been raped and I will never understand hesitance to adjudicate claims such as those. Why don't we, instead of blaming victims, teach our men/sons to ASK for EXPLICIT consent rather than ASSUME they have it?
I also find the notion of "seriousness" of sexual assault (i.e. levels of rape) extremely troubling.
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