Rape is the only crime on the books for which arguing that the temptation to commit it was too clear and obvious to resist is treated as a defence. For every other crime, we call that a confession.
I’ve gotten more angry asks about this post than I have actual reblogs.
Imagine if other crimes were treated as such?
“why did you kill this person?”
“because his smug face and his voice were just too much for me to deal with and there was nothing I could have done to not shoot him. I mean, look at him, he wears suspenders for fucks sake!”