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Originally Posted by thesheriff443
I don't seek to make women look bad and to make men look good.
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And from that, I don't think anybody looks good that are involved in these types of cases. That's probably the only real deterrent. Hey, don't want your face on a mug shot?... don't act stupid and do things that will get you falsely reported.
If women are supposed to be mindful of putting themselves in situations that can lead to problems, then men must have the same standard applied to them as well.
That's part of the case that folk make for higher standards in our society... yes, binge drinking culture is generally bad for this. It creates cover for disgusting (and criminal) behavior, and no, because that person acted a fool while drunk
doesn't dissolve them of all responsibility of their actions during those times... would be
no different if it were any other crime, man or woman. If a person ran someone over or failed to operate their vehicle properly and wrecked their vehicle drunk, they can still be charged... but if two people get drunk and act stupid and something happens as a result of this that leads to a criminal case, that complicates things quite a bit... it's a bit of a grey area, because while both can be considered intoxicated, for some folk, consent to them individually is when you decide to go alone to a location (while not drunk) with someone and then getting drunk. That would be like, whatever happens from here would be the point of it. That does happen.
We can have a law that says two folk can't get drunk and have sex, but then that's overreaching because for some, that
is the point, going out to get drunk and have one night stands... so that's where this is really difficult in the courts, because in some cases, all the facts are fuzzy. Yes, there's evidence they had sex and it was forceful, but when we have two people who can barely remember what actually transpired, it's hard to know the truth and maybe it's questionable if their "testimony" is even trustworthy...
Personally, I don't get drunk around people I don't know, in the rare case I do. I make sure I have a "caretaker" (usually my husband, but in the past it's been my boyfriends). I don't like the idea of being out of control, but because I know other people do it and that's what they enjoy... it's hard for me to sit back here and judge those people accordingly. However, that is what is happening... we are judging both the woman and the man for acting out of character... and the case when tried by social media/social justice I guess is to paint character assassinations in that direction, and not really an attempt to get to the real truth...? I guess is the argument for more reason.