Wednesday, November 01, 2006

If you said yes at any point, it's not a rape

...finally, a ruling we can all agree upon...

or NOT

Can you believe this ???

An appellate court said Maryland's rape law is clear -- no doesn't mean no when it follows a yes and intercourse has begun. A three-judge panel of the Court of Special Appeals Monday threw out a rape conviction saying that a trial judge in Montgomery County erred when he refused to answer the jury's question on that very point. The appeals court said that when the jury asked the trial judge if a woman could withdraw her consent after the start of sex, the jury should have been told she could not. The ruling said the law is not ambiguous and is a tenet of common-law.



Jessica at feministing.org says:

So ladies, once it's in, it's in. Ain't nothing you can do about it. Changed your mind? Suck it up. He's hurting you? Oh, sorry--should have thought of that before. After all, it's not like your body is yours or anything. Jeez.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Firstly.. id like to point out that if you replace the n with a f you getfemiFisting.org which I think we can all agree is quite better.

I think we are missing a few points here. If you decide mid stroke that you are done.. nothing stops you from getting up and leaving. If your partner stops you.. thats assault, battery, possibly kidnapping. Its just no longer rape.

I would liken it to breaking and entering. If I invite you in.. then ask you to leave.. and you dont. You are now trespassing and possibly a few other things but you are not breaking and entering.

Its still quite illegal to continue sex with someone who doesnt want to continue.. its just not rape.