Some folks have commented that men – and especially teenage boys – cannot be expected to be able to stop intercourse once they begin. There’s a point of no return, they argue, yadda yadda yadda.<\/p>\n
Consider this counterexample: Imagine John Z. of the much-discussed “In re John Z” California case<\/a>. He’s in the middle of the sex act; his victim is ineffectually attempting to pull away and saying wishy-washy things like “No, I have to go home now” and “if you really liked me, you’d respect me and not do this.” But John Z. can’t be expected to stop, because that’s beyond a teenage boy’s ability, right?<\/p>\n Okay, now imagine that in the middle of the scenario above, John Z’s mother <\/i>walks into the room and says “John Z., what are you doing?”<\/p>\n Is it imaginable that John Z. would be “unable to stop” under that circumstance? That he would continue for another minute – or another five minutes?<\/p>\n Of course not. If something that really made him want <\/i>to stop – like his mom watching – had entered the situation, John Z. would have jumped off Laura and yanked his pants on so fast he might have set off a sonic boom.<\/p>\n That’s the standard men (and boys) should be judged by, in my view – is this a situation where they could stop, if they genuinely felt it was critically important to stop?.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some folks have commented that men – and especially teenage boys – cannot be expected to be able to stop intercourse once they begin. There’s a point of no return, they argue, yadda yadda yadda. Consider this counterexample: Imagine John … Continue reading