Letters to the Editor
SanDiegan
Published Letters: 3
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Rape is difficult to recognize
[Read the article: Police: Woman raped, witnesses do nothing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A few years ago, there was a famous alleged rape at a fraternity house that was video taped. I saw a documentary based on the incident at a film festival before legal issues stopped it's distribution.
The one thing I took away from the documentary is that unless you saw the moment the victim was beaten, or heard a distinct and unmuffled cry for help, it's difficult to distinguish consensual sex from rape. It's well known that cries of pain and pleasure can be difficult to distinguish, ask any child who thought his mother was being hurt during sex. And bruises are no proof, I've seen women bruised from consensual sex as well.
I'm not saying that explains this incident, because I don't see enough facts in the story. But it seems reasonable to me.
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Some of us just felt we had to pick something
[Read the article: Men on eHarmony seem obsessed with women who are "clean"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As someone who filled out the form for eHarmony, there's another possibility here. I know that I felt like I was picking off lists that had nothing to do with me. I don't remember the 'not clean' option in particular, but many of the options left me wondering 'do I really need to say I don't like liars who hate sex and don't take showers'. And I think they said in the directions to not think too hard, just pick what you feel.
But of course, the silliness of the "quiz" is one of the reasons I was not willing to pay for eHarmony, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
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Hard to tell from this clip...
[Read the article: Are women less willing to speak their minds?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but if "Is Hillary Clinton a monster?" is a representative question, as a man I would not want to talk to the interviewer. Maybe women are just less tolerant of this kind of idiocy.