Rape is not an Accident
Earlier today, I read an article on CNN about the Morning After Pill as a form of birth control. < http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/opinion/nucatola-emergency-contraception/index.html .> The article argues that accidents happen even to people who use birth control responsibly, necessitating the use of emergency contraceptives. “The bottom line is that the use of reliable birth control is the best way to prevent an unintended pregnancy, but the fact is that unprotected sex does occur and sometimes birth control methods do fail. A condom could break, a woman could forget to take a pill, or nonconsensual sex could occur.” While I agree with the premise of this article, one thing is jarringly wrong - non-consensual sex does not exist. If consent is not given, then the events that follow are not sex, but rape. Even more importantly, unlike a condom breaking, rape is not an accident . Rape is a violation of another human being’s basic right to decide who touches his or her