An 18 year old girl uses emotional black mail and verbal taunts to obtain sex from a 14 year old boy , do you see this as equally bad case of rape, many women use emotional means to obtain sex . Rape regardless of the circumstance is wrong , but there is definitely, different mitigating factors in all cases , in no way is this case the same as that of a serial rapist who knowingly sets out to force them self on some one else, this was an act of uncontrolled passion that was initially concential

I think it is intereresting where the concept of rape is going and I think it is implied in what might have had a hand in this sentencing.

 

Sex is no longer straight forward. The images that young people see today are completedly different to what occurred when I was 14/18. In fact they are competely different to 10 years ago.

 

The images and ideas of sex that kids know today are about submission and domination. The message that they get are that women are supposed to say "no" but all they really want is a guy to take charge. Magazine advertising has put women in much more sexually agressive yet submissive positions. TV is following close behind. That idea has even crossed into mainstream literature (50 Shades anyone?) and 80% of new books that I pick up that have sex in them, mirror that.

 

So when a 14 year old girl is flirting with an 18 year old and saying "yes" (as she was initially) but then says "no" at some stage, I can well imagine this young guy thinking it is simply part of the role.