sootyj
Wednesday 6th July 2011 3:13pm
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Quote: zooo @ July 6 2011, 12:35 PM BST
Think of it from her view. An old man rutting away on top of her, with no way of stopping him.
Oh but that's okay, she found out afterwards he was asleep!
It still happened, she was still terrified. It's still rape from her POV, even if she completely understands now that he didn't do it on purpose.
She is in the most awful position of being a victim of an awful violation which should be a crime but isn't.
Sort of like a person killed by lightening.
She deserves all the support in the world.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 6 2011, 12:34 PM BST
Though obviously he's the only one who can know for sure if he was having an episode at the time.
Proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, remember that it may keep your lilly white bottom out of the prison showers one day.
And in this case it's pretty unprovable.
Quote: zooo @ July 6 2011, 1:10 PM BST
They should strap him down when he sleeps.
Or put an electric fence around his bed.
I wonder if he gropes and forces sex on men who stay in his house, or just women. And if he has kids. Cos that could be slightly awkward.
Supposing it was reversed and it was a woman who had somnisex and a male student got into bed with her. And had sex whilst both were asleep, would he be a rapist?
Quote: Nogget @ July 6 2011, 1:32 PM BST
He texted her the next day to ask if anything had happened. Why did he suspect anything? Did she remain in the bed, after he'd attacked her?
He might have dreamed something or found stains on the sheet who knows?
Quote: chipolata @ July 6 2011, 1:08 PM BST
Shouldn't the guy have had some punishment or custodial sentence purely on the basis that he's clearly at risk of doing it again and therefore a danger to the community.
As he seems to stay in bed a warning sign at the foot of the bed should suffice
"Beware of the fornicator"