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Consent
The bottom line is that she didn't say "no." Friedman calls it rape because she was drunk.
Cordelia, he forced himself on her. That's the problem.
The bottom line is that when a man forces himself on a woman, it doesn't matter if she says "no." What matters is that she didn't give enthusiastic consent. One doesn't avoid becoming a rapist by waiting until someone is too drunk to say "no," one avoids becoming a rapist by making sure that one's partner is enthusiastically involved and consenting. --roymac