THANK YOU. so many people on this site fear nuanced analysis (preferring sloppy and under-theorized generalizations) .... everyone needs to understand that explanation is NOT exoneration. If we do not understand the power dynamics and social conditions that enable/facilitate in acts of violence we have no hope in…

yah blame feminism thats the move #therearenowaves

The Yale Law Review wrote a series of short and fairly readable pieces that discussed the development of rape by deception law and many of them rightfully pointed to the fact that discourse on these laws becomes so contentious and divisive because we still don’t what we really mean by sexual consent in legal terms,…

“most sex workers are not there consensually.”. Wrong. Sex trafficking is horrible and a problem that deserves tremendous attention. Sloppy analysis that refuses to acknowledge or materialy blurs the distinction between trafficking and sex work is part of the problem, so stop. It doesn’t help people suffering, is…

No, troll because you comment with low hanging inflammatory nonsense but offer no substance or intellectual thought... making clear yr comments are all just for shock and awe and you don’t actually believe what you say.

trolls are so boring when lazy/unimaginative why even bother... go away, learn something, or try harder. I can’t imagine this is entertaining for you either.

the thing is practicing sexual behaviors that you find abnormal does not exclude the possibility of sexual violence. if you are going to comment on this site you should at least try to form a coherent and logical point.

thankfully your personal experiences are completely irrelevant to the practice of law. There is a way to analyze the particularities of this case, even with expressing how parts of the story make you uncomfortable, that doesn’t in the process make a judgement about the alleged victim and her moral character and the…

Legally speaking, under rape by deception statutes, how do we differentiate between lies that materially invalidate consent and those that cannot be said to meaningfully interfere with consent? Of course some deceptions “I make X amount of money,” for example, seem benign while other deceptions such as the ones…

you sound paranoid and ignorant as shit just shhhh

I didn’t make a judgement on the validity of her claims one way or the other, and never would, I only stated that this case is complicated and any analysis of it could benefit from thinking it in terms of other cases involving rape deception sentences/ frameworks. That being said, I am not sure what you mean by “red…

i just laughed so hard thank you

Everyone here is quit to dismiss your questions (while I do find poorly stated) as meritless I think they are important to consider. I am inclined to think of this case in relation to “trans panic” murder defenses, as well as criminal proceedings that have occured in Israel over religious identity deception / consent.…

I just spit out my coffee while laughing! ah thank you

oh god she is awful

alarmist? how is anything I said shocking to you?

So they shouldn’t have made this video, instead they should have made a different one!

You’re giving the game way too much credit. It doesn’t represent dehumanization, but practices it.

This isn’t some benign miscalculation and I don’t think he had good incentives, but was greedy, identified “slavery,” as a topic that could make him money, and then created an educational experience in the most lazy, racist, and callous way possible. If he truly cared about educating children on the horrors of slavery…

I wish I could say I was shocked, but....