Simon-tomte and all other "It wasn't rape" believers, I think you all have to rewatch that scene.
First, not once does she reciprocate any of his advances. She breaks her heel and he leans in and kisses her. She has closed lips and eyes wide open before moving away from the kiss and laughing about her shoe. To any sober person she clearly, from this point is politely rejecting his advance. Also, that is the only lip to lip interaction of the entire scene.
The fact he is stoned has absolutely zero relevance on the rape itself. That would be like saying a drunk-driver who commits vehicular homicide should not be to blame because he wasn't sober. Intent aside, a manslaughter charge would be the result.
As to the rape itself, she does not reciprocate to a single thing he does. When he begins to undress her, she backs away from him with twitching eyes and a nervous look. Again, clear to anyone. He kisses her body and forces her to the ground. She lays motionless as he begins to undress her, dry hump her, and kiss her body while talking to her. She does not kiss him back, her hands are against his body, not pulling him in and the only words she utters are a completely non-sexual "Are you in treatment too?".
By the time he pulls down both his pants and her underwear, she has not kissed him, embraced him, or said any words indicating her desire for his advances. As a man, I find it incredibly insulting that many on this board, in a sober capacity watching this film, have not noticed all of these tell-tale signs to this point.
Next she begins to softly say "No" while pushing back against him just as he begins to enter her. Again, I find it unbelievable, that still no one in a sober state would watch this and think "She wanted it."
Although we can all agree it wasn't his intent to rape her, ignorance, drugs, and misreading the situation are all poor excuses.
Finally, once he realizes she is pushing him and saying no he covers her mouth and repeatedly says "shut up". I don't know about anyone else, but if I were in what I believed was a consensual act, I would probably start with, "What's wrong?" or "Are you okay?" or something to that regard rather than quickly moving to cover her mouth and tell her shut up. Those that defend this action are completely off-base.
Finally, she starts biting him, and instead of getting off of her and moving his hand away from her mouth (which she clearly wants considering the whole defensive biting maneuver) He repeatedly says "Stop" as if her biting is the problem. Once he removes his hand her scream is justifiably loud and he hits her to quiet her?
Again, intent aside, as a man, I do not know how anyone can defend any of his actions or make excuses for his character.
To be clear, this is not an argument for or against the punishment he receives (that is a discussion for another thread), it is just a clarification on that particular scene which is clearly rape.
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