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Kate Winslet Offended By the Term "Statutory Rape"

By Corey Rayburnyung

In a recent interview with actress Kate Winslet on ComingSoon.net, the following discussion took place:Q: Do you ever have any trepidations about approaching controversial material like abortion in "Revolutionary Road" or statutory rape?Ms. Winslet: I'm so sorry, "statutory rape"? I've got to tell you, I'm so offended by that. No, I really am. I genuinely am. To me, that is absolutely not this story at all. That boy knows exactly what he's doing. For a start, Hanna Schmitz thinks that he's seventeen, not fifteen, you know? She's not doing anything wrong.Winslet's comments lead to a series of posts on Althouse (1, 2) and the Volokh Conspiracy.  As Althouse notes, Winslet's comments are "more of an argument for abolishing the crime of statutory rape," than a defense to the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).