The preconceived notion that we all carry which implies that for men, the goal of dating is sexual conquest is true, and I'm sure always will be. The way that most men attempt to achieve these conquests is through coersion. As Susan Jacoby says in her essay, 'Real men don't rape(644, par.19).' In my opinion, though, there's nothing wrong with trying to change someone else's opinion of you, or how that person feels about you. And that is coersion. And, often times, it is sexually oriented. And, if it does lead to sex, that's fine. It should also be fine if it doesn't. But either way, I think that it's unrealistic to consider coersion of any type to be a form of rape.…
