Voice of women missing on Tucker Max controversy

TO THE EDITOR:

Where is the women’s voice on the Tucker Max issue? Since the original letter, women have remained silent, allowing men to duke it out on the opinion pages of The Daily Tar Heel.

Here is the voice of one woman: As a rape victim myself, I was outraged that representatives of Project Dinah, the very people who are supposed to be my support and my voice, would undermine my rape in such a crude way.

Is there something about a particular male appendage that makes him able to make choices and thus a rapist when he is equally as intoxicated as his partner? Or are we all just okay with allowing women to consistently take the role of victim in our society?

I would never say that sex with an intoxicated person is not rape. Date rape is something our society struggles to deal with constantly.

I will, however, say that it is time a woman stood up to the outrageous accusation that we can be as easily victimized as Project Dinah seems to think we can. Let’s call a spade a spade and stop calling consensual sex rape.


Jill Willette
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