Headline: “Tens of Millions of American Women are Rapists”

In “The Sexist” blog, a presumably female commentator recently wrote, “Rape can be as simple as a boyfriend telling his girlfriend ‘you’d do it if you loved me.’ …  1 in 6 women are raped.”

My retort:

J.B.: if “rape” is defined to include things such as people having sex after one of them says “you’d do it if you loved me” or something similar, I, a straight guy, have been raped by women on too many occasions to count.

I can’t even count how many times I’ve had sex when I wasn’t in the mood, but did it to save, or for the good of, the relationship, after a woman said something to the effect of, “what’s the matter, you don’t like me anymore?” or “you don’t find me attractive anymore?,” “you’d do it if you were attracted to me,” or, “you’d rather be with [so and so]?,” or, “you need someone younger?”

Your statement is emblematic of what has cheapened rape to the point where even Roman Polanski-like rape allegations has its defenders, misguided as they are. Your statement is emblematic why I have proposed, both here and in my Guyinism blog, that “murder and mayhem” replace “murder and rape” in the American lexicon. Mayhem is a more serious crime than rape – no one can be guilty of mayhem for simply saying, “you’d let me cut off your arm if you loved me.”

Your assertion is preposterous. Yes, the kind of “rape” you describe is extremely common. That kind of “rape” is perpetrated by not just guys, but by women – ALL THE TIME. If that kind of “rape” were actually rape, just about every guy in America has been raped by a woman, more guys have been raped by women than vice versa, and tens of millions of American women would be at risk of serving decades in prison for raping guys.

Come to think of it, maybe you’re on to something …

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