#MeTooFar

[LadyForCamus]

Hypothetical:

I’m on the sofa watching telly.  My wife enters the room wearing a hair ribbon and half a bottle of whiskey. She is clearly drunk - not high, not mellow-ly inebriated, not tipsy. She is hammered. She is so drunk the Brendan Behan would tell her she’s overdoing it. She is at a level of drunkenness against which the angels themselves would contend in vain. She is so drunk that Bushmills stock just rose 2%.

She walks over to me and manages to slur out, ‘I want you to bang me like a snare drum.’ Obliging fellow that I am, I happily comply.

Did I rape my wife?

Boru

Of course not. If that’s considered rape, then you can pencil me in for “raped by husband” 2-3 x per week. 😆 Now, if I was in that condition on a first date with a guy who remained sober, and we had sex, that might be a little less straightforward. Context matters.

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Hypothetical:

I’m on the sofa watching telly.  My wife enters the room wearing a hair ribbon and half a bottle of whiskey. She is clearly drunk - not high, not mellow-ly inebriated, not tipsy. She is hammered. She is so drunk the Brendan Behan would tell her she’s overdoing it. She is at a level of drunkenness against which the angels themselves would contend in vain. She is so drunk that Bushmills stock just rose 2%.

She walks over to me and manages to slur out, ‘I want you to bang me like a snare drum.’ Obliging fellow that I am, I happily comply.

Did I rape my wife?

No. Your point being? How is this relevant to a radio station no longer wanting to play a song because some of its listeners now have different connotations about the subject matter and the station is worried that playing it might be counter-productive for their business model?

I think Boru is referring to a side discussion we are having with Tiz regarding whether a drunk person should be considered of sound mind to consent to sex.