Originally Posted by
Burney
You see, I reject that 'scum of the earth' thing. I don't know a man whose sexual record is morally spotless. We've all taken advantage of situations to get our ends away - be it going to bed with a drunk woman (not incapable, of course, but far from sober), catching someone who might be emotionally vulnerable in some way due to being on the rebound or homesick or just feeling a bit down and in need of an ego boost for whatever reason.
Are those things sexually exploitative? Only if you start from the premise that the woman has no agency in the liaison and is merely a passive victim of male cunning and lust. That premise is, if you ask me, total balls. The woman is exploiting the situation for her own ends just as much as the man. I therefore utterly reject the concept that being prepared to legitimately exploit a situation for one's sexual or emotional gratification makes one in any way more likely to commit rape.