"An Arab man convicted in Israel of rape because he pretended he was a Jew when he had consensual sex with a Jewish woman has called the verdict racist."
BBC News - Israeli Arab who ‘raped’ a woman says verdict ‘racist’ (via curate, inascaldingjoy,robot-heart-politics)
In many jurisdictions “sex under false pretenses” constitutes rape. (PDF) I’m not terribly sympathetic to the Arab man. If consent is obtained by deceit, it’s not consent. And Not Consent remains Not Consent, regardless of whether we decide a woman really ought to have consented under the circumstances.
(via squashed)
I hadn’t thought about it that way, and I guess, yes, believing you are having sex with someone other than the person you thought you were having sex with could be traumatic, and on that point, I really don’t want to argue that it’s not rape.
At the same time, does the fact that it is rape keep the entire situation from being based on racist ideas?
(via robot-heart-politics)
