Dear Prudence: One-Night Stand or Rape?

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Dear Prudence One-Night Stand or Rape? In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman whose friend revised the story of a drunken encounter with a stranger. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, Jan 30, 2012, at 08:11 PM ET Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. I look forward to your questions. Q. Friend Has Revised One-Night Stand Story: A friend recently called me and said she had a one-night stand after drinking too much. She was beating herself up over drinking too much and going home with a guy she met at a bar. I reassured her that everyone makes mistakes and didn't think much more of the account. However, since then, she has told many people that she was a victim of date-rape—that the guy must have put something into her drink . She spoke to a rape crisis line, and they said even if she was drunk, she couldn't have given consent so she was a victim of rape. She now wants to press charges—she has the guy's business card. I have seen her very intoxicated on previous occasions, to the point she doesn't remember anything the next day. I'm not sure on what my response should be at this point. Pretend she never told me the original story? A: Trying to ruin someone else's life is a poor way to address one's alcohol and self-control problems. Since her ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Why GOP Voters Are So Angry About Obama's Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline Is Polygamy Really Bad for Society? Yeah, It Kind of Is. How Can We Keep Corporations and Governments From Suppressing the Internet?	Advertisement
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