# Closed FQ thread on laws about sexual assault. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 9, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-fq-thread-on-laws-about-sexual-assault-why/962587 "2022-04-09T17:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-fq-thread-on-laws-about-sexual-assault-why/962587/3 "2022-04-09T17:55:39Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Closed FQ thread on laws about sexual assault. Why? It apparently got massively derailed by this post: > [@In this real life sexual assault scenario, who's at fault? (Somewhat graphic language)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-real-life-sexual-assault-scenario-whos-at-fault-somewhat-graphic-language/962440/37): > > I guess we are talking past each other. An Uber ride, with no blood or broken legs, is assumed to be a consensual contract. A sexual encounter, with no blood or broken legs, is assumed to be consensual. The argument is, “I was too drunk to consent!” Why is the proof different for that versus the Uber ride? You argued for a “heightened” standard for sexual contact. I ask then, can’t my wife fuck me when she gets drunk? It was her idea, not mine. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-fq-thread-on-laws-about-sexual-assault-why/962587)._