Seduction Is A Four-Letter Word

Seduction is a Four-Letter WordOnce in a hot courtroom in New Zealand, I had occasion to ask a lady who was giving evidence against me for saying fuck in a public meeting whether she was as disgusted and offended by hearing the word rape used in a similar context. She wasn't. I asked her why. She thought for a moment and said happily, "Because for rape the woman doesn't give her consent."My little linguistic inquiry opened a sudden peephole on the labyrinth of crazy sexual attitudes th...