If everyone involved is drunk, drugged, and making terrible decisions, why is one person presumed incapable of consent while the others are presumed fully responsible?

Using the Cornell rape allegations and the Brock Turner case, I challenge the double standard surrounding intoxication, sexual consent, and personal responsibility—and ask whether our culture has confused bad judgment with criminal intent.

The 2019 ABC News report is here: https://abcnews.com/US/humiliated-chanel-miller-survivor-brock-turner-sex-assault/story?id=65821466

What happens when a culture celebrates sexual freedom but leaves young people without a moral compass? I revisit the Cornell fraternity controversy to explore shame, personal responsibility, and the double standard surrounding intoxication and consent. Then I consider young people's search for traditional faith—and troubling polling about their attitudes toward Sharia law. If the next generation is hungry for meaning and clear standards, what are we offering them?

Sources:

The New York Times's "How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action": https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/nyregion/cornell-rape-accusation-reporting.html

Rasmussen Reports' "Sharia Law: 43% of Youngest Voters Like It": https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/sharia_law_43_of_youngest_voters_like_it

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture: https://www.amazon.com/Female-Chauvinist-Pigs-Raunch-Culture-ebook/dp/B000FCKCDS/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1

Anony Mee archive: https://www.americanthinker.com/author/anonymee/

I've realized that I've become a single-issue voter—but probably not for the reason you'd expect. In this podcast, I explain why antisemitism, abortion, euthanasia, statism, and the value of individual human life all connect for me, and why that connection now shapes how I look at politics.

It's a blunt argument about life, death, liberty, and the moral divide between the parties—and why I think that divide matters more than any one candidate.