Are you always bothered when things in ads and media are fake? I saw a commercial where someone was presented as an airline pilot, but they aren't really an airline pilot.

Do people really not get that this is a commercial and not real life?

I see your point. The fact that the immediate gut reaction is to defend it, is disheartening. I understand the defense, but it's still telling.

I actually have two, but they go together! What's your favorite thing about your job? What's your least favorite thing?

You're pulling that quote from a different thread. My response was to cindylightballoon, who never said any of that.

I don't think she is suggesting that Jay is responsible for the assault. She's just suggesting that the balance of power is different in size, gender, and society. It's not that Solange is right for attacking him because it's clear that her behavior is not acceptable. That's OBVIOUS.

Cindylightballoon, I am so impressed by your patience in this thread. I don't know how you managed to respond to these commenters who were piling up with you and incapable of understanding nuanced situations. In their minds, things are clearly RIGHT or WRONG, and you're trying to discuss the gray areas... It was an…

There is already a difference between good and bad faith in law and common sense. A relationship that didn't work out is one thing.

Sure, you can sue for emotional distress in any circumstance. If you can prove that someone's intent was to deceive you and it brought undue emotional distress, then you may win that lawsuit.

If he said that he was a doctor (and he wasn't), and he needed to have sex with her in order to make her better, he would definitely be committing fraud and rape.

You can't just exchange words in definitions so that it means what you want it to mean. That's not how legal definitions (or any definitions) work.

I never said that "no one is hurt in the process." No one I've seen in this thread has ever made that argument.

To be honest, I glanced over his post and then moved on without thinking twice about it. I'm sure that I wasn't alone in that decision either.

Wow, La Dottie, you are so pleasant. You must make friends easily.

Ok good! That's such a relief. I was worried that the advice would be taken the wrong way. I'm so glad it wasn't!

I noticed this as well. The law is specifically gendered.

I think she meant "fraud" in the sense of being deceptive. Tort, or fraud as a civil offense, is when someone deceives and it harms a victim in some way. The criminal offense for fraud requires that the offender received money or property as a result of their deception.

Good point! I definitely think there is a case to make here. I don't disagree with your sentiment at all. Is it the same as rape, though, or should it be classified as extortion?

I think she's arguing that "false promise rape" doesn't really fit into the category of rape since the woman consented to the sex act. It's despicable and evil, but perhaps it's a matter of degree. Lying to someone so that they have sex with you is not the same as forcing someone to have sex with you without their…

The South Carolina one is very similar to what Georgia had until 2006, but the laws here now are much like the rape laws in the rest of the country. Now, it's this: