Feminists

when people, particularly men, try to say that some kinds of rape aren't rape, or aren't real rape, or whatever. It upsets me to the point where I have to take a break. This is what has been bothering me with the Assange stuff. I think it's very possible he's being set up for political reasons, so I am skeptical of the charges against him, but it drives me crazy to hear the reasons people give for dismissing rape accusations. If it's true that she consented to sex, but then fell asleep and he penetrated her again while she was asleep, that just plain is rape. She might choose not to press charges, and maybe she's being pressured to for political reasons, I don't know, but that just plain is rape regardless. Our bodies belong to us. If we give permission for access once, that does not mean we relinquish control of our bodies from that point forward.

Aaaargh! I'm still very upset!