The grey area of consent

[Anonymous]

So far, I've gotten some useful insight that explored angles of this situation i hadn't expected.

Since there are a lot of femmes here, perhaps I might get to see another side of this argument.

[shin]

Yay! I'm communicable!



 ac_dance     ac_dance

[RW]

Legally, this still bothers me.  If two people are drunk and both legally cannot consent to sex but have consensual sex, why did they not both rape each other?

[Romero]

Debbie Conner, the vice president for campus life and student engagement at Coastal Carolina University, confirmed to the Daily Dot that the poster originated from the university. Conner said it was published in 2008 by the Campus Assault Resource Education Support Coalition, made up of students, faculty, and staff at the university. "It went out of circulation in 2008," she said.



According to Conner, this poster wasn't widespread across CCU's campus. "I don't even remember this poster, and I've had a few people say that they printed probably 20 of them, and were on a few bulletin boards on campus, but it wasn't a big campaign."



Conner also says she isn't sure what Coastal students' reactions were to the poster.



"It was seven years ago... So, I have no earthly idea what people said about it, because it was not in my area of responsibility at the time. I don't even remember that poster even being on the campus," she said.



As far as why the poster is surfacing now, "I'm sure the conversations around sexual violence continue on social media and many other platforms that it can start quite a good discussion," she said.



According to Conner, this poster is no longer used at the university.



"The most disconcerting thing for me is that it's been posted and people don't understand it's not something we use or currently endorse on our campus," she said.



http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/anti-rape-poster-reddit-conversations/">//http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/anti-rape-poster-reddit-conversations/

[shin]

Legally, this still bothers me.  If two people are drunk and both legally cannot consent to sex but have consensual sex, why did they not both rape each other?

Probably because in order to have a punishable crime, you have to have an obvious victim who suffered loss and a guilty perpetrator. If both parties fit both definitions I don't think the courts or police would bother with it... not unlike in some backward towns when domestic disputes arise that aren't necessarily violent, or Acts of God when someone starts grasping at straws for someone to sue to cut their losses.

[shin]

Debbie Conner, the vice president for campus life and student engagement at Coastal Carolina University, confirmed to the Daily Dot that the poster originated from the university. Conner said it was published in 2008 by the Campus Assault Resource Education Support Coalition, made up of students, faculty, and staff at the university. "It went out of circulation in 2008," she said.



According to Conner, this poster wasn't widespread across CCU's campus. "I don't even remember this poster, and I've had a few people say that they printed probably 20 of them, and were on a few bulletin boards on campus, but it wasn't a big campaign."



Conner also says she isn't sure what Coastal students' reactions were to the poster.



"It was seven years ago... So, I have no earthly idea what people said about it, because it was not in my area of responsibility at the time. I don't even remember that poster even being on the campus," she said.



As far as why the poster is surfacing now, "I'm sure the conversations around sexual violence continue on social media and many other platforms that it can start quite a good discussion," she said.



According to Conner, this poster is no longer used at the university.



"The most disconcerting thing for me is that it's been posted and people don't understand it's not something we use or currently endorse on our campus," she said.



http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/anti-rape-poster-reddit-conversations/">//http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/anti-rape-poster-reddit-conversations/

Although I knew about this before making the thread, I was going for a devil's advocate type discussion over trying to incite outrage through circulating a controversial viewpoint of fewer than a majority. Somehow more than a few people thought this was a good enough idea to use as a tool of garnering awareness. The point is, it definitely isn't fake.