Hey, Can A Woman "Ask To Get Raped"?

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We gotta get them rape kits tested! I know it would cost a lot but how many women would be saved from being raped by getting those animals off the streets?

Of course, there is the flip side to that question also.

How many men convicted of rape would be cleared if those kits are tested??

Yes, I'm very familiar with some of the Innocent Project's work... but I don't see how the untested rape kits would result in an innocent man being freed. I seriously doubt there's many, if any, convicted rapists who could be exonerated by testing an old rape kit. Paint me a scenario where it wouldn’t have been tested already.

Hey, this may have already been covered here - I'm frankly too lazy to read all 160+ pages to find out. but I was wondering what everyone thinks about that Mexican sports reporter female in the NFL locker room saying she was harrassed.

Hey, this may have already been covered here - I'm frankly too lazy to read all 160+ pages to find out. but I was wondering what everyone thinks about that Mexican sports reporter female in the NFL locker room saying she was harrassed.

I think of myself as fairly enlightened in general, but I can't help turning this scenario around in my mind... If a male reporter who was well built went into a female lacker room of undressed and half dressed female athletes, and that male reporter had on skintight clothing that hugged and exposed him in a way that not much was left for the imagination, would we hear (and would we listen to) any protestations of harrassment? How would that little change in the logistics of the situation change our reactions to it?

Oh by the way Occom being a decent and lovable guy I have zero interest in using your name or location as a means to find and annoy either your family or your friends.

I figure any such would have enough problems just having you in their life for me to add to it by annoying them.

But by your own statements from the comfort and safest of your home you wish to do so to my family and friends if you could.

In any case being a brave man and not a lowly coward such as myself I do not see why you are so upset with having a short friendly visit from me.

Hey, this may have already been covered here - I'm frankly too lazy to read all 160+ pages to find out. but I was wondering what everyone thinks about that Mexican sports reporter female in the NFL locker room saying she was harrassed.

I think of myself as fairly enlightened in general, but I can't help turning this scenario around in my mind... If a male reporter who was well built went into a female lacker room of undressed and half dressed female athletes, and that male reporter had on skintight clothing that hugged and exposed him in a way that not much was left for the imagination, would we hear (and would we listen to) any protestations of harrassment? How would that little change in the logistics of the situation change our reactions to it?

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Hey, this may have already been covered here - I'm frankly too lazy to read all 160+ pages to find out. but I was wondering what everyone thinks about that Mexican sports reporter female in the NFL locker room saying she was harrassed.

I was trying to follow that news story when it broke, but frankly I became mesmerized by her ample cleavage and did not hear the details of the alleged harassment.

Hey Tico! I haven't seen you in awhile. I pray all is well with you.

I think of myself as fairly enlightened in general, but I can't help turning this scenario around in my mind... If a male reporter who was well built went into a female lacker room of undressed and half dressed female athletes, and that male reporter had on skintight clothing that hugged and exposed him in a way that not much was left for the imagination, would we hear (and would we listen to) any protestations of harrassment? How would that little change in the logistics of the situation change our reactions to it?

Study finds date-rape drug use low
But teens warned to be careful to avoid drink spiking: experts
By DOUGLAS QUAN
Postmedia News
September 30, 2010

Don't accept drinks from strangers and never leave drinks unattended.

It's a warning young people have heard for years, and one that was recently reinforced by police in B.C. following the suspected gang rape of a girl, 16, at a rave party.

But the actual threat of drink spiking using so-called "date-rape drugs" appears to be very low, according to a recent Canadian study.

Experts say the findings don't necessarily mean authorities shouldn't warn young people about these drugs and about covert drugging. But they say the message needs to be broadened to address a bigger concern and more common scenario: excessive drinking by young people and the mixing of alcohol with recreational drugs.

The study, published last month in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, examined the toxicology test results of 178 people who were treated for sexual assault at seven Ontario hospitals. The study found that 135 of them tested positive for alcohol, drugs or both.

However, the most common drugs detected were cannabinoids (marijuana), cocaine, amphetamines (speed, crystal meth), and MDMA (ecstasy) -not GHB or Rohypnol, drugs most often cited in date rape public-awareness campaigns.

"It's not typically the drugs that get all the hype," said lead researcher Janice Du Mont, a scientist at the Women's College Research Institute in Toronto.

In fact, there were only two positive findings of GHB and none for Rohypnol. And in one of the two GHB cases, the patient reported voluntarily taking the substance.

Studies out of Britain and Australia have made similar findings, calling drink tampering and the use of date-rape drugs to commit sexual assaults "uncommon" and a "very limited threat."

But that doesn't mean young people should let their guard down, experts say.

They note that the rare detection of date-rape drugs in toxicology tests could be attributable, in part, to the fact that some of these drugs typically disappear from a person's system within a day or two.

Plus, they say, surreptitious drugging can occur using other drugs.

Wendy Potter, counsellor with the B.C. Women's Hospital sex assault services team, said she encountered one case where a patient had been slipped a mixture of the sleeping aid Nytol and the cold remedy Robitussin.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Study+finds+date+rape+drug/3601407/story.html