(09-07-2017, 07:26 PM)syscrash Wrote: The difference between Adalind and Eve was intent. Adalind went to Nick with the intent on having sex. Eve had no idea she would have to have sex. Rachel was the one that insisted.
Eve may not have originally planned to sleep with Rachel, but nevertheless, she proceeded to do so disguised as Renard. The question still revolves around consent. Would Rachel have willingly slept with Eve if she wasn't pretending to be Renard? There have also been cases where spies or undercover police have been charged or sued for rape through deception.
This article talks about consent and deception:
Quote:Mark Kennedy had sex with at least one woman activist while he was undercover. Officer B had a 3 month relationship with a woman activist who had been his friend for several years. Rob Gilchrist had several relationships with women activists. In fact, it was his computer genius of a girlfriend who first discovered he was an informant.
Regardless, this raises some questions about sex and consent. For consent to be meaningful in sex, the person has to know who it is they are consenting to have sex with. If a woman consents to sex with a man because he’s convinced her that he is a radical activist who is dedicated to the same struggles that she is, but actually he’s an undercover police officer who is dedicated to undermining those struggles, then that really isn’t meaningful consent.
https://notafraidofruins.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/16/
I just wanted to add as well, as mentioned earlier, if Nick first sexually assaulted Adalind by kissing her without her consent in season 1, thereby making her a victim of his, wouldn't they both cancel each other out after she raped him by deception in season 4? They ended up victimising each other, and JuliEve raped by deception Rachel. So why are people still being judgemental about this relationship? None of the characters are morally better than the other. They've all done horrible things, even Diana has committed her share of murders.