I think a complicating factor of date rape is that it's most likely someone you know and trust. That betrayal of trust is inherently traumatising; just as the physically violent aspects of another 'type' of rape are incredibly traumatising (and of course date rape can also involve physical violence). I agree that…

It takes one form of rape, which most likely involves someone you trust, may well involve physical violence and threats, and puts it 'below' another form of rape, where a shadowy character uses physical violence. The second type is the one most people associate with rape, which is why you get things like people saying…

As far as I'm aware (UK law) the difference is either rape or sexual assault. There is no 'rape in the first degree' (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

I'm sorry that happened to you. Your experience was your experience, and what you think about it isn't wrong. Other people may not have the same experience, however, and I think the main point here is that his statement seems to 'devalue' date rape, a crime which already isn't taken seriously enough.

That's not the point he made in that tweet, though. He said that 'date rape' wasn't as bad as 'stranger rape'. Both are rape. Your example describes two different types of assault, so it's a false equivalence.

The difference between 'date rape' and 'stranger rape' is not one of degree, so it's a false equivalence.

My fav books are a little kid were about a Scottish cat named Maisie who had adventures, so I'd say go for it!

It is a flattering look mainly because it makes you look thinner, I think is the point. Your arm on your hip is flexed, you stick your hip out, drop the other and stand slightly sideways, which all gives a curvy, slim figure. It's also quite a confident pose, which is why I like it.

now increasingly women do work

One of the other posters said it happens in the Bell Jar, so they're in good company I guess!

Solution to all problems: drink an Irn Bru immediately upon waking and eat some square sausage. Heartburn and hangover gone!

The bowls were absolutely supposed to be changed between customers, but it was a busy buffet restaurant and new tables often sat themselves down at a recently vacated table instead of waiting for it to be cleared, so on occasion, people did drink some fairly manky water.

Yes, a lot of the food was finger food and kind of greasy, so it was for dibbling your fingers in to clean them. The restaurant was trying to be a bit more upmarket around that time, and these were thought to be posher than napkins. Although, I'm guessing people wouldn't mistakenly eat napkins.

I used to work at a Chinese restaurant that set out little finger bowls with tepid water and slices of lemon on the tables. You would not believe the number of people who drank these. They were often unchanged between tables on busy nights, too.

Yup. You have not lived until you have heard a drunk Glaswegian ask for 'juh-lah-pen-ohs' on his sub at 2 in the morning.

This sounds like dinner with some of my in laws.

Someone who occasionally doesn't put their cart in the cart corral at the grocery store.

This! This so much! I totally lose it when the song starts.

The Iron Giant gets me every time man!