Pima
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Lynpar,
I agree with you that it truly may be alcohol related, and maybe the victim is embarrassed, thus it being so out of the normal behavior they truly believe they were drugged.
I am not saying she wasn't, I am saying that according to studies, the percentage of women who believed they were drugged have been proven to be alcohol consumption.
Of course this is a double edge sword since many women do not report the assault believing they were too drunk.
In the end, I think everyone agrees that even if she was drunk, it was an assault, but one that legally would be near impossible to prove.
I agree with you that it truly may be alcohol related, and maybe the victim is embarrassed, thus it being so out of the normal behavior they truly believe they were drugged.
I am not saying she wasn't, I am saying that according to studies, the percentage of women who believed they were drugged have been proven to be alcohol consumption.
Alcohol remains the most commonly used date rape drug, being readily available as well as legal. Many assailants use alcohol because their victims often willingly imbibe it, and can be encouraged to drink enough to lose inhibitions or consciousness. Even if the victim agrees to sex, the act may be considered rape in some jurisdictions if the victim's judgment was impaired or incapacitated by alcohol. Some assailants have committed "rapes of convenience" whereby they have assaulted a victim after he or she had become unconscious from drinking too much. A study in the UK found that only 2 percent of a pool of 1,014 rape victims had their drinks spiked with sedatives. Another UK study of 75 patients, most of them women, who thought their drinks had been tampered with in pubs or clubs found that none had been given a surreptitious drug. They had simply become intoxicated. Similarly, a 2009 Australian study concluded that, of 97 patients admitted to hospital claiming to have had their drinks spiked, none had in fact been drugged.
Of course this is a double edge sword since many women do not report the assault believing they were too drunk.
In the end, I think everyone agrees that even if she was drunk, it was an assault, but one that legally would be near impossible to prove.