Yeah, I posted about this on facebook and really, it's misrepresentation not rape. People are always passing themselves off as something somewhat more or less than the truth to get into bed with someone. It's dishonest, and if a man does it, ungentlemanly, but it ain't rape. Possible examples:
man claims to be bachelor when he's married man claims to be rich when he isn't man says "I love you" and doesn't mean it. woman claims to be 28 and is in fact nearer 40 woman gets most of face out of various pots by the side of the bed each day ... one could go on. Who knows whether, if they knew all, our inamorati/ae would have consented?
I do think your example of pretending to be one specific other person is different. That does go to consent, because if someone is only up for sex with one specific person it's a bit different from only being up for sex with a certain type of person. I'd think passing yourself off as being of the other gender pretty much counts too.
But this guy - come, come, judge; he's no gent but he's no criminal. And she's a racist, besides being a bit quick to jump into the sack with a relative stranger.
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Date: 2010-07-25 12:35 pm (UTC)man claims to be bachelor when he's married
man claims to be rich when he isn't
man says "I love you" and doesn't mean it.
woman claims to be 28 and is in fact nearer 40
woman gets most of face out of various pots by the side of the bed each day
... one could go on. Who knows whether, if they knew all, our inamorati/ae would have consented?
I do think your example of pretending to be one specific other person is different. That does go to consent, because if someone is only up for sex with one specific person it's a bit different from only being up for sex with a certain type of person. I'd think passing yourself off as being of the other gender pretty much counts too.
But this guy - come, come, judge; he's no gent but he's no criminal. And she's a racist, besides being a bit quick to jump into the sack with a relative stranger.