“k on “I have absolutely no firsthand knowledge, he was a teenager, and the courts (flawed as they are) ultimately acquitted both of the men”

“ in fact studies of men who have been incarcerated for rape indicate that many of these men do not even think of what they did as “rape.””

“Rape is a specific intent crime.”

“ He can never admit to raping her, even though I think he probably realizes that he did. His answers are the best that can be expected.”

“I agree that we did not have a good understanding of enthusiastic consent”

“I think that if the parties involved only knew how to discuss the situation afterwards with validation and compassion, a lot of pain could be dealt with constructively.”