Jim's Argumentative Essay: Who Is Guilty?

In the argument assignment number two, two acquaintances, Jim, age twenty one, and Sheila, age seventeen meet at a party and begin to consume alcohol. Jim has a higher tolerance than Sheila and throughout the night it is clear that she becomes more drunk than him, which causes her to flirt with him and to give in to his desires for sexual intercourse despite the fact that she is not really attracted to him. The next morning, Sheila wakes up next to Jim and immediately calls it rape. Jim's fate should be nothing but consequence, because he is guilty.
I think that Jim is one hundred percent guilty, for many reasons. First off, if Sheila is underage, it is actually rape, even if alcohol was not involved, even if Sheila gave her full consent and was even begging for it. Statutory rape laws are used to protect young children from predatory relationships. As defined by West's Encyclopedia of American Law, “The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex. Minors and physically and mentally incapacitated persons are deemed incapable of consenting to sex under rape statutes in all states. These persons are considered deserving of special protection …show more content…
If she wasn’t really a child, then there would be no laws in place to protect her, and there would be no legal age of consent.
“The next morning, Jim and Sheila wake up together. Sheila, now sober, is furious that she has slept with Jim. She believe that he has taken advantage of her to the point where she is calling the action rape.” I think that this quote from the passage says enough. It doesn't say that Sheila woke up and regretted sleeping with him so she says that it was rape to cover herself up, like some may argue. This says that the second that Sheila woke up, she furiously confronts Jim and says what happened was rape. And Sheila is