With the increasing regularity of casual hookups in our culture, the lines between consent and rape are becoming blurred, giving name to the term "gray rape." Alcohol blurs these lines even further, creating fuzzy memories of the night before. The mix of alcohol and sex creates the question of whether or not the person claiming to have been raped actually was. The article states that women go after sex just as much as men do these days. Casual sex makes it even easier for women to be put in uncomfortable situations with men of the opposite sex.
While it is true that women may say and do things while intoxicated that they would not do when they were sober, it does not mean that they still would wish to give consent to a man attempting to have sex with them. No matter what answer they give, they are not in the right frame of mind to decide whether or not they wish to be having sex. The term rape is being reexamined.
While gray rape is becoming an increasingly common subject of discussion in our culture, the vulnerability and weakness of women who claim to be raped is being ignored and replaced with the idea that a woman "wanted it". With the increase in casual sex in our culture, women who are victims are being increasingly ignored, promoting silence from rape victims who were actually put in bad positions.
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