Women Raping Men

Abstract

Consider the following scenario: Jo and Sam are acquaintances. They have met on several occasions through mutual friends and got along perfectly fine, but they do not know each other well. Sam moved to London a few months ago and now by coincidence Jo is doing the same thing. Jo does not know anyone else in London any better than Sam, and so Jo asks Sam — via e-mail or Facebook, or something like that — whether it would be OK to stay for a few days while looking for a flat to rent. Sam replies that it will be no problem, adding that if Jo would like to, they can both sleep in Sam’s bed, since the alternative is that Jo will have to sleep on the floor. Jo replies that the floor will be fine. When Jo arrives in London, Sam again tries to hint at the possibility of their having sex. Every time this happens, Jo tries to make it clear that this is not going to happen. Sam’s overtures are of the kind that can almost plausibly be written off when they fail as only joking, just banter between friends. Jo’s lack of interest, however, should be perfectly clear. Jo finds a flat, but cannot move in until a few days later. To celebrate, Sam persuades Jo to go out to dinner. Sam buys drinks for Jo throughout the evening, and when they get home once again suggests that they have sex. Jo is not so drunk as to have had a change of mind, and goes to sleep on the floor. Later in the night, Jo wakes up to find that Sam is also on the floor and has commenced having penetrative, penis-in-vagina sex with Jo.