Alcohol plays a very important role in date rape and sexual assault. When intoxicated, one does not have the proper control needed in order to make vital choices concerning sexual activity. Alcohol complicates the issue of date rape and sexual assault. If alcohol is involved, consensual sex is not ensured. After gaining consciousness after having sex while drunk, one could make charges against the other person for rape or sexual assault. Because if one's intoxication is known to the other, sex, by law is illegal.

If accusations of date rape and sexual assault are made on someone, their future is altered completely. If the accusations are made in high school, it is possible that this person will not be allowed in certain colleges. Later in life, some job applications will ask if there has ever been any arrest charges and/or accusations. Also if other similar crimes are...