In an ideal world, this article should open up the discussion to where we might have a sensible discussion which should lead to a sensible solution.

The term "sexual assault" has become nebulous. It could mean rape, a drunken consensual encounter, an arm brushing up against a breast on a crowded bus, or asking someone for a date who really doesn't want that date. The media seem to define all four instances as the same thing.

Although this might sound puritan, Ms. Lewinsky could have just said "no." People who say "no" to these kinds of kinds seem to have a simpler and more productive life.