g date rape, "lots of people are even confused about whether they've been raped."
Moral definitions of date rape are often attached to ideological schools of thought. For example, there is a feminist perspective on date rape which holds that it, as well as rape in general, is the product of man's traditional dominance over women. This point of view has sparked controversy, however. For example, Murray Rothbard criticizes the feminist definition of date rape because it suggests that all men are potentially guilty of committing the crime. Rothbard claims that this extremist opinion often results in men being unjustly accused of rape. For example, it is argued that there are cases in which a woman does not say no and does not resist, but later claims she was raped anyhow, simply because she had been influenced by feminist thinking in the meantime. John Leo also disagrees with the feminist definition of date rape. According to Leo, the
feminists' failure is in their emphasis on rape as an act of political or social oppressions. From this viewpoint, the feminists argue that sex actually has nothing to do with the act of rape. Leo counters this argument by claiming that sexual drives are obviously involved in the act of rape. In addition, Leo promotes a biological definition of date rape which claims that rape exists because men have a high sex drive and are innately aggressive.
Nancy N. Rue provides a definition for date rape which seems to straddle the middle ground between these extreme points of view. According to Rue, date rape occurs whenever a man demands sex from his date and obtains it from her regardless of how she feels. In this regard, "all he wants is to feel powerful through sex and he's prepared to do anything to feel that, even to use violence." This definition combines the best of both the feminist and biological perspectives. Specifically, it shows that date rape is the result of both the male se...