We often hear, "Rape is rape, right*" No. A stranger forcing himself on a woman at knife point is different from a man and woman having sex while drunk and having regrets in the morning UThat is different? When a woman agrees to a date, she does not make a choice to be sexual, but she does make a choice to explore sexual possibilities The woman makes no such choice with a stranger or an acquaintance. In this respect, date rape is really quite different from acquaintance rape and the terms should not be used interchangeably, as they often are
Why have all these complications arisen in the last decade or so? Let’s look