In the name of fighting patriarchy, the law is taking some seriously wrong turns on the subject of sex while under the influence of alcohol, writes Nancy Rommelmann. “From now on, you will not be the ultimate arbiter of your own bad or good choices, at least not without fear of prosecution….We are talking ipso facto being considered incapable of giving consent due to having consumed alcohol.” [Tablet]

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