When Rape Isn’t Kosher

An Australian Anarchist Jew responds to a recent scenario given by a Rape Crisis Center to help victims identify whether or not they've been assaulted and what constitutes rape:

Is this rape?

Jo is a Year 13 Student at XX High School. She is at a party on a Saturday night. Jared is going to be there and she’s been trying to hook up with him for awhile. She’s wearing a short skirt, boots, and a low cut top –she’s sure to catch his attention –She looks great. Jo and her friends drink a few bottles of wine before they get to the party and she feels pretty drunk by the time they arrive. At the party she starts talking with Jared, he asks if she wants to go up to one of the bedrooms –they walk up the stairs followed by comments from Jared’s mates as they close the door.

In the room they start kissing, and Jared is putting his hands up her top and down her pants, she likes it and starts touching Jared. Jared then takes off his pants and hers. Jo starts to feel uncomfortable and pulls back a bit, and pulls her underwear back up. She doesn’t want to have sex with Jared but doesn’t know how to stop it. Everyone at the party thinks they’re having sex, and she doesn’t want Jared to think she’s tight. Jared pulls her knickers back down and they have sex.

Anarchia cites comments for the above post. Some of which, I imagine are in line with the Duke University Lacrosse Team's school of sexual conduct.

Below are some of the less novel ones:

While Jared needs to control himself as a human being is capable of ,Jo needs to realise and learn that she is the main cause of the situation she finds herself in and that its up to her to not put herself in these situations by giving cared the undoubted come on.Maybe if women were made aware earlier in life just how strong the male sexual urge really was they would be better prepared to deal with it and not find out the hard way… Mothers educate your daughters…

This quite clearly is not rape. Her consent was letting her underwear be removed for a second time and having sex without protest.

… Men are not mind readers. I agree this though is a very good example, not only for the definition of rape but why some people are too immature to put themselves in the position where they are procuring sex, which Jo quite clearly is.

And on that note, chicas be careful out there this weekend. Keep your panties on at all times. Stay away from those lecherous guys who are just being guys, and above all, abstain from alcohol, you big slutty whores.