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In reply to the discussion: The Robert Cray song, Right Next Door (Because of Me); Is it about a rapist? [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)28. It's all a matter of perspective
He kept badgering her until she did something she really didn't want to do just to shut him up.
That's another perspective.
At what point does seduction become bullying?
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Fumesucker
Nov 2012
OP
Eh, as I stated in the OP, I've known men like that, they aren't all that unusual
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#19
so is using salesmanship rape? "baby, i really love you, you're so beautiful..." If so, there's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#44
I didn't say that, but there are others who implied that and will not post on this thread
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#47
If you have to persuade someone to do something it doesn't sound like enthusiastic participation
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#4
From what I've learned on DU, pretty much any man who can pick out more than 2 chords on
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#6
"f"???? Hell, even I feel my resistance waning... must not let dawgs...aaarrggghhh
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#9
I saw a standard put forth on DU that turns most if not all seduction into rape
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#31
This was a married woman who lived right next door, on the other side of the thin walls.
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#40
I love it, redqueen is now defending a man for whom a woman is "only another notch on my guitar"
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#50
I've heard this song about four million times and I never thought it was about rape...
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#33
You ask if a Work of Fiction is about a rapist? Email the author. Want to know what it's like to...
Melinda
Dec 2012
#45
As I said elsewhere, I told no one of what happened to me until I was well into my forties
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#57
"Anything less than enthusiastic participation" is not necessarily criminally actionable.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2012
#59