My problem in this situation is not the moral issue. We all know that a 23 year old man has experience enough to be able to take advantage of a situation such as a drunken teen girl, and should have had the foresight to stay away from her. My problem is that this girl is now doing everything she can to ruin this guys life simply because he broke up with her (She also admits to filing a report against him initially because he broke up with her, prior to the rape charge).

If any of you have seen the video she posted on YouTube, you will notice that she makes claim to living in poverty not once, but several times. How in the world does that play into anything? It makes me think she is out for money, or her family is. That, along with her own admission of what happened during her relationship with the accused, calls EVERYTHING she says, or has said, into question.

Finally, the question of statutory rape. I’m sorry, but if she was capable of demanding a condom while under the extreme influence of drugs and alcohol, she must have been well educated in the ideas of what sex could result in. Because of this, it would appear to me she made an educated decision, and THAT should be what the law is based on. So many of our laws and judgements are determined by knowledge of the event in question, ability to know wrong from right. She obviously was capable of making the decision. Statutory rape laws should be changed to reflect the following statement:

“If the alleged victim is proven to be competent enough to make a decision regarding a sexual act, then the act shall be deemed consensual, except in the case of gross misconduct.”

That would protect BOTH sides. But, thats my opinion.

I have a feeling that your idea of rape, may not include date rape, and that’s a problem. As you correctly pointed out, the 23 year old dude needs to do a lot of introspection as to what kind of person he is, and to learn from this. He took advantage of her, and now she’s getting back at him the only way she knows how (since the justice system let her down).

You’re putting a lot of blame on a statutory rape victim though, and that’s a problem. “Slut” or not, women don’t cause rape against women. He was supposed to be the adult, and she is a young adult. He took a chance, and she lost.

9/10 girls may be overly sexual in your opinion, but ask yourself why they are that way. Are you making things easier for them not to be, by discouraging corporations from using sexual advertising? Are you doing anything to reduce the problem other than blaming children for growing up how the media tells them they should be?

Besides. You have to admit the whole thing is screaming “slut”

Send em both to jail for being so damn stupid/immature.

I don’t do political debates. The law is a bulls hit system. You have to take the world for what it really is. You’re all practically arguing arguments that aren’t yours.

Why am I even commenting on this. Because how I envision her is what I see in 9 out of 10 girls nowadays and I feel your arguements are too clouded by the law. Ok that IS the discussion at hand but come ON. Get real!!

Given society today. I’d say she’s an Immature little girl taking things WAY too far. That’s my opinion. None of us can debate reliable what happened as we don’t know. It’s all effectively speculation.

If it was indeed the conventional idea of rape. (in my eyes being, held down and pumped) Then it would have reached a higher level much sooner. The fact that 1 in 4 women under 25 say they’re raped I think shows how a lot of it is most likely absolute tripe and by tripe I mean. The guy is likely to not deserve imprisonment. But this whole ordeal alone, the fact it’s reached the internet should probably probe himself to think more about his actions. WTH is he doing with a 16yrold. Sort your life out, she wasn’t worth the effort, was she?

I was going to say that I don’t know what Saskatchewan’s law has to say about this, but I do know that in other jurisdictions the difference in age between the two parties has a big role to play in whether or not sex with a minor is considered rape. If a 17 year old whose birthday was only last month has sex with a 15 year old who turns 16 next week, it cannot be considered rape. But a gap of seven years makes a big difference in leveling responsibility when the “victim” is only 15.

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