Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:44:01 AM
This is ridiculous. What was he supposed to do? Aren't we supposed to treat women with respect and honor their choices? Isn't it wrong for a man to forcibly remove a woman from a room when she chooses to stay in that room?
I could just picture this guy, after this woman stayed in his bathroom overnight for the first time, saying "Enough is enough!" and grabbing her by the arm and dragging her out of the bathroom, kicking and screaming. What if she or a neighbor called the cops for domestic violence? It is likely this guy would have been arrested for that and possibly for sexual assault.
Could he have called the authorities earlier? Yes, but when? The first night? The second night? Would the cops come based on a statement like this: "My girlfriend refuses to come out of the bathroom. She's been there since yesterday." Yeah, I could see them rushing right over for that one.
Either men are legally responsible for women, or they aren't. We can't have it both ways - or at least we shouldn't.