# The murder of a rapist? Or "gay panic" killing?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 15, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-murder-of-a-rapist-or-gay-panic-killing/578441 "2011-04-15T02:51:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-murder-of-a-rapist-or-gay-panic-killing/578441/19 "2011-04-15T05:21:22Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> ATA, for the record, I’ve never said that a drunk person can’t necessarily consent. That’s me. I have certainly had sex while under the influence of any number of things. I would not say that I was a rape victim.

> [@Is date rape less wrong than stranger rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-date-rape-less-wrong-than-stranger-rape/527197/52):
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> Having sex with a woman who is too incapacitated by alcohol to give or deny consent is forcible rape and is a violent crime.

So this wasn’t you?

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