@Lash,
Lash wrote:You did the right thing!
I was familiar with the applicable law, and I believed (since age 11) in trusting
NO ONE.
Lash wrote: I think there's some latent hope in the mind of some confused young women to absolve themselves from the wanton whore aspect of sex by murmuring no - being swept away by passion (or "raped" - it could be called either, depending on her mood) and in this way - she is still pure, innocent of dirty sexual wrong-doing - and as a bonus - the object of a man's uncontrollable desire.
When the guy stops at no - she's forced to own her part in the tryst - which I think is a good thing for everyone involved - emotionally, sexually, and legally.
Oprah and her friends addressed this principle, tho concerning
KISSING, not rape.
Thay all joined in expressing
contempt n
disdain and re-iterated
contempt n
disdain
for a man of the male gender who
ASKs for
permission to kiss them. As it was summarized by Oprah,
and agreed by her friends: thay want the male man to take a
chance with them, a chance of rejection n embarrassment.
For those of us who know the law of assault n battery,
that might not seem like such a good idea (not that we r actually gonna get sued),
but as a matter of moral principle, u keep your hands off of other people, without permission.
Your description of that principle closely parrallels Oprah 's.
David