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Yes Means No?
Diemer, Ulli
http://www.diemer.ca/Docs/Diemer-YesMeansNo.htmPublisher: Ulli Diemer Year Published: 1992 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX5462 The anti-sex moralists say one thing but mean another. Abstract: According to Ulli Diemer," those who equate drinking and sex with drinking and driving betray their incomprehension of what the issue of consent is all about. No one, whatever their state of sobriety, wishes to hit by a car, whether it is driven by a drunk driver or by a sober one. People who drive when intoxicated inflict a considerable risk of such collisions on others, and that is why we as a society refuse to allow people to drive after they have been drinking. The question of consent never arises, because being run into by a drunk driver is never a consensual act. However, people in varying stages of sobriety do willingly engage in sex. Individuals who are too intoxicated to drive safely are still quite capable of desiring sex, of consenting to sex, and of participating in sexual activity. It may offend the sensibilities of the new puritans, but some people actually find that they desire and enjoy sex more when they have been drinking or taking certain drugs. This should not be a matter for the law." Subject Headings |