I've said before that the misguided commentary from women's groups that "it's never too late to say no" will continue to lead to more cases of "consensual" sex becoming non-consensual sometime shortly before or after penetration, and that young women are being given stupid advice. "Consent" is something very, very important, and girls need to be aware that what they do and say early in the evening may have undesired ramifications nearer midnight. Unfortunately, too many young women lead young men on until a point is reached when reasoning has left the room and all that's left is hormones and desire.
Too many young women have been given the idea that the young male human is equipped with a sexual on-off switch that can be flipped with immediate impact. But we aren't made that way, and it seems that girls no longer are being taught this unfortunate fact.
When sex happens in privacy and the parties differ on whether it was consensual, reasonable doubt (for better or worse) usually dictates that the defendant must be found not guilty. Given this fact, unfortunately, I'm not sure the rape statistics cited by RAINN can reasonably be expected to change (at least as it relates to "rape" charged when the two parties know one another).
Caveat: I'm not saying squat about how (or whether) any of this relates to the Winston situation, since I simply don't know.
