Hmm

I was too busy watching Villa lose last night to go online and talk about this.

The point made in the article that I like the most is that if a woman gets drunk she is incapable of consenting. Does this automatically imply that men are immune to the effects of alcohol? After all it says nothing about a man being incapable of consenting whilst under the influence. If so, every man convicted of drink driving in the UK should have their sentance quashed.

Having gotten drunk and made some 'regrettable' decisions in the past, I don't see why women should be the only ones who can have a lapse in judgement under the influence of alcohol. It's perfectly conceivable (bad choice of words) that a man could be plied with drink by a woman and then taken advantage of. Something like this happened to me, it didn't go too far thankfully but I certainly felt it wasn't entirely fair.

Rape is a terrible ordeal/assault/violation that no-one should ever have to experience. But to target merely young single men in a government backed campaign is wrong to the core. It doesn't protect women from rapists, all it stands to do is make an already un-level playing field worse. Why not have similar adverts aimed at young single women saying 'Don't get so drunk that you end up doing something you'll regret' or 'Flirting with strange men for free drinks might get you more than you bargained for'.

Where does this leave the young single men in question when they want to go out on the pull?

Do they have to take a legally binding contract out with them and get the lucky girl in question to sign it? They'd still need a couple of witnesses to make it stand up in court (bad choice of words again).

Alternatively they could have a video camera in their bedroom so that they could record the events and submit it as evidence.

This gender imbalance is like the change in stance for government road safety adverts:

When I was a kid, the adverts focused on teaching children not to cross roads without supervision as it was dangerous. Around my teens I noticed that these adverts had disappeared and all I was seeing were adverts telling drivers to slow down and not to kill children.

The reality is that whilst it is horrific that there are a small number of careless drivers out there that put pedestrians at risk, this risk can be reduced by pedestrians using more caution.

It doesn't send out an endorsement to dangerous driving (or rape in the above campaign). It merely aims to protect those who are most at risk.

Saying you'll prosecute rapists is all well and good but surely preventing people from being raped in the first place is better?