Is having sex with drunk people rape?

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Barkley said:

Teeqoz said:

A contract signed while one or both parties were drunk is in most cases not binding. Why can't the same principle apply to consent, which after all is sort of a similar thing?

Well until the law says that people that are drunk cannot give consent then it's not rape

If it is rape then sex while drunk should be illegal.

You can't change your mind on consent after the act.

There are plenty of countries which the law states that the intoxicated are unable to give consent 

 

Having sex while drunk should be illegal?  That would criminalize the sexually assaulted because of their inability to consent.  That doesn't make any sense.

 

You may not be able to change your mind on consent after the fact---but you can certainly realize you never gave it in the first place.