Pornography: Men Possessing Women, by: Andrea ... - Feminish

According to the scientists, in the category “heterosexual offendersvs. adults, ” only 16 out of 183 females resisted the commissionof the sex act, but even in these cases “her resistance and hispersistence did not exceed the bounds of the customary male vs.female contest. T here was no threat and no violence. Included are afew cases where female consent was completely absent, but force orduress were absent also. ” 80 T he situations in which consent wasabsent but force or duress were not used are cases in which the menuse “surprise or stealth. ” 81 T he example given is the instance of aman who when he was drunk surprised a girl (sic) by hugging her.T he authors point out that the girl (sic) thought she was beinggrabbed. “Hugging” is the neutral term used by the authors indescribing the act; “grabbing, ” as the female point of view, is put inquotes. O r, in another example, a man “could not resist touchingfemales’ legs even in inappropriate situations. ” 82 T he essentialinformation in these two examples, from the authors’ perspective, isthat “there was nothing especially antisocial in the behavior per se,but the circumstances of the situation (particularly the fact that themen were not known to the females) constituted grounds forpunitive action. ” 83 T he presumption is that access to the femalebody is a male right, and that even in the absence of consent thepresumption of a right to access is not antisocial. Surprise andstealth do not constitute force. There are also cases where,according to the scientists, consent was given, then withdrawn.O ne case cited as an example of consent given, then withdrawn, isthat of a twenty-year-old man who had on other occasions hadcoitus with his seventeen-year-old girlfriend (sic). One night he wasdrunk, she resisted him, he hit her, she called the police, and he wasarrested and convicted of rape. Fortunately, the court “recognizedsome of the essentials of the situation” 84 and sentenced the man toninety days and payment of court costs. Apparently, to theobjective scientists, consent once given is eternally given. Battery isnot an issue of force. Previous coitus negates the validity of anycharge of rape, since consent is inferred from previous sexualcontact.In 91 percent of the cases in the category “heterosexual offenders