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[ NSFW ] Could it be that if you’re a virgin you couldn’t possibly commit sexual abuse?

Asked by mazingerz88 (29228points) September 24th, 2018 from iPhone

Not sure if this question is NSFW but did it anyway to be safe.

Kavanaugh said he was still a virgin in high-school and years after it. Here’s the quote.

“We’re talking about allegations of sexual assault. I have never sexually assaulted anyone,” the nominee told Fox News. “I did not have sexual intercourse, or anything close to sexual intercourse, in high school or many years thereafter.”

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JLeslie's avatar

It’s a ridiculous statement.

Just as an example, a boy could torment a girl in front of friends just to hide the fact that he had never been with a girl. Like the Napoleon complex, compensating for feelings of inadequacy, or simply boasting to try to hide the true facts. The girl being held down, teased, or grabbed doesn’t know the boy isn’t going to pursue it farther, she’s afraid.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

And the right think he is their poster boy for the SC?
And you can commit sexual assault just not rape being a virgin.
Unless of course it turns to rape then you are no longer a virgin.

Patty_Melt's avatar

“Or anything close”
Virgins can be guilty of sexual assault, but the newer accuser claimed rape, so he addressed a full scope of possibilities, including not actual intercourse.

johnpowell's avatar

Is it attempted rape if you Forrest Gump?

Tropical_Willie's avatar

It’s a ridiculous statement.

flutherother's avatar

Would Kavanaugh accept this defence in a case he was judging?

chyna's avatar

@pattymelt I thought she claimed he exposed himself, not rape.

rebbel's avatar

There’s, apparently, a third woman accusing him, @chyna.
Avenatti says she’ll emerge soon.
We’re, apparently, talking about gang rape here.

LadyMarissa's avatar

I thought she said that he pushed his penis into her face forcing her to touch it as she was pushing him away.

I heard that Avenatti has a 3rd witness but that was unfolding as I was going to bed & I didn’t look it up first thing this morning. Actually, I don’t trust Avenatti much more than I trust Trump although I do admire his ability to get under Trump’s skin!!!

mazingerz88's avatar

^^ What’s not to trust with Avenatti?

Has he lied hundreds of times and allegedly assaulted women like trump?

Demosthenes's avatar

Avenatti is very slimy; I don’t think it’s wise for the left to put so much trust in him.

mazingerz88's avatar

After trump, not even Satan himself would be too slimy to become President.

The left should get back the WH at any cost. And the House and Senate.

chyna's avatar

@rebbel I went to bed and missed a third woman coming out. I have to stop sleeping to keep up!

seawulf575's avatar

I guess technically you could commit sexual abuse, though I would question the concept. I think if a guy remains a virgin, he does so for one of a couple reasons. The first might be that he has some religious restriction on it. He cannot have sex. If his religious beliefs are that strong, I would find it unlikely that he would go for any of the lead ups to sexual abuse. Another reason might be that he is scared of women. If that is the case, he would likely not abuse a woman of his own age, though he might prey on younger women…significantly younger. Eww. He might remain a virgin because he wants to. This one becomes a little more murky. It means he has in his mind what it means to be a virgin and anything else is okay. I give you Bill Clinton as an example. He tried saying he did not have sexual relations with that woman, but admitted to oral sex stating that was not the same. In a situation like this, the would-be virgin might believe that groping is okay since it isn’t sex. And of course, there is the last option that he is just lying. Again…I guess it is possible, but in this case it is unlikely. Think about it. So far he has two whack jobs that have sketchy accusations claiming he attacked them. If he said he was a virgin until later in life and he wasn’t, he would be opening the door for an actual old lover coming forward to contradict him. There would be too many witnesses that could show he was lying. What does he gain by that?

LogicHead's avatar

Now think logically. That would mean, since most abusers were at one time not abusers, that the act took place and the act made them into an abuser. You completely excuse them

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