Board Thread:Season 4 Discussion/@comment-4411019-20150213071023/@comment-26197415-20150312195116

DarkCougar555 wrote: True. But, it kinda bothers me that how and what Tank actually remembered more than Bay. She only remembered that she did push him away after his attempt on kissing. So... I don't know whether it is really rape or they were just being lousy responsible on both parties...

To me, there's no question at all that it was rape, pure and simple.

First, Tank remembered everything, and says that he was lucid enough that he used a condom, so he couldn't have been nearly as drunk as Bay was.

Next, there's the fact that the very first time Tank and Bay spent any time together (episode 3x01), Tank demonstraited very clearly that he knows there's such a thing as a girl being way too drunk to give informed consent to sex, when he stopped Bay from going upstairs with one of the frat brothers because he said he had beer in his room. And Bay wasn't nearly as drunk the night that happened as she was the night in question.

There's also the fact that, in 3x10, while Bay and Tank were actually dating, Bay made it crystal clear that she didn't want to sleep with him. The idea that he would think she would suddenly want to now, when she was dating another guy, is just impossible for me to believe. On some level, he HAD to know that Bay was in no condition to be making any kind of decision to sleep with him and that, if she had been sober, she never would have agreed to it.

Then there's the fact that Bay didn't even think she had that much to drink. How is that possible? Because she didn't know what she was drinking. She wanted something other than beer, and Tank gave her something to drink. When she asked what was in it, he told her it was probably better not to ask. Bay had no idea how strong that stuff was, but Tank did know. Bay may have only had a couple of drinks. I mean, other than the fact of underage drinking at all, the only really "irresponsible" thing Bay did was trust a guy she *thought* was her friend and a really great guy, but who actually didn't deserve that trust at all.