Letters to the Editor
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Um, no.
"Because if you are forced to sleep with your teacher for a good grade, that's not rape. You consented to the act itself. So, it depends on what this coercion is exactly like. Maybe the wording was overreaching."
Bullshit. You could go back to all kinds of first ideas if this logic holds true. A man cannot rape his wife because she consented to marry the guy. A student cannot be raped by her professor over a grade because she chose the school or the class. A woman cannot be raped because she "asked for it" by wearing sexy clothing. no, No, NO!
You're absolutely right. A woman has to consent to each individual act. Simply giving consent when getting married is not enough. But, it's not rape if you consented to the act. If your professor said, "look if you want an A, you have to sleep with me," and you choose to sleep with him, that's not rape. You consented, you didn't have to sleep with him. If you say, "okay, I'll sleep with you" and then while you're doing it, you change your mind and say "stop" and he doesn't, then it's rape.
The legal definition of forcible is "if the male uses or threatens to use force likely to cause serious bodily harm to the female, or to a third person." See "Understanding Criminal Law, 3rd Ed." by Joshua Dressler (2001). Simply threatening to give a bad grade, or not promote, is not rape.
Promising marriage in exchange for sex is not rape, even paying a prostitute in fake currency is not considered rape. Sorry. I'm not a fan of rape, but I'm also not a fan of expanding its definition such that any "not wanting" is sufficient for rape. A prostitue may not want to have sex with her clients, but she does it for the money. Is that rape too? I don't think it should be.