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43 Fla. L. Rev. 487 (1991)
Date Rape and the Culture of Acceptance

handle is hein.journals/uflr43 and id is 495 raw text is: DATE RAPE AND THE CULTURE OF ACCEPTANCE Steven I. Friedland* ** I. INTRODUCTION ........................... 488 II. THE CULTURE OF ACCEPTANCE ............... 491 A. The Aggressive Male Stereotype ............... 492 B. The Punished Female Stereotype ........... 495 C. The Impact of the Culture of Acceptance: The Distortion of Nonverbal Cues .............. 498 1. Nonverbal Cues Generally ................... 498 2. The Impact of Gender Roles and Stereotypes on the Interpretation of Nonverbal Cues in Dating Situations ... ...................... 502 3. Social Science Data and Gender-Based Differences. 504 D. The Misinterpretation of Nonverbal Behavior by Juries ................................. 506 III. THE LEGAL RESPONSE TO THE TAINT OF THE CULTURE OF ACCEPTANCE .................... 507 A. The Inadequacy of the Current Legal Response .. 507 1. Constitutional Implications .................... 508 2. Reasons for the Current State of Nonfeasance in the Law ..... ........................ 510 a. Historical Antecedents: The Common Law of Rape .......................... 510 b. Early Evidentiary Rules at Trial ........... 513 3. The Gradual Abatement of Overt Bias in Rape Laws ............................. 513 4. Rape Shield Statutes: A Specialized Form of Inadequate Protection from the Culture of Acceptance ......................... 515 IV. OVERCOMING LATENT BIASES CREATED BY THE CULTURE OF ACCEPTANCE ................ 519 A. Excluding Nonverbal Contextual Evidence ..... 520 *Professor of Law, Nova University. B.A., 1956, SUNY-Binghamton; J.D., 1981, Harvard. **I wish to express my appreciation to Anthony Chase, Michael Shames, Michael Dale, and Joel Mintz for their useful comments on previous drafts, and my special gratitude to Leslie Deckelbaum, Ellie Simon, Louise McAlpin, Shirley DeLuna, and Lewis Hanna for their diligent assistance in preparing this article for publication.

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