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Okay, I'm not even going to get into whether this was "legally" rape or not, but count me among those who think this woman's story is pretty strange. She couldn't tell that it wasn't her boyfriend she was having sex with? That must have been the least intimate sex ever...like the kind where you don't touch at all. Even if the guy never said a word (which that in itself should have been a sign to her-didn't she think it was weird when he didn't answer her?) and had the exact same body type as his brother, there are still other ways to tell someone you are intimate with in the dark...scent, hair-both body and on the head--, scars, skin texture, body movement, breathing patterns, sexual routines, and others. Honestly, I'm thinking that either the woman must have been drunk, under the influence of some drug, or more asleep than awake, or she doesn't have much of a relationship with Duane.
And yeah, excuse me if I sound horrid and unsympathetic, but as a woman, it drives me nuts when discussions of rape issues make women sound both completely helpless and completely stupid. At least give us some credit!
