Sex in the news
Oct. 4th, 2010 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleThose of you who heard me talk about the first assignment I had for the new job will know why I noticed this article about how the use of date rape drugs is less common than most think.
There are a number of caveats there, including the difficulty in testing for GHB and Rohypnol, and I suspect it is one of those cases where the moment something is big enough to get mainstream attention, the malefactors have moved on to something else.
Going back in time, we have an argument from Duane W. Roller's Cleopatra: A Biography that the legend of Cleopatra the femme fatale is actually the result of Roman propaganda. It sounds like an excellent book, and I might just have to pick it up.
There are a number of caveats there, including the difficulty in testing for GHB and Rohypnol, and I suspect it is one of those cases where the moment something is big enough to get mainstream attention, the malefactors have moved on to something else.
Going back in time, we have an argument from Duane W. Roller's Cleopatra: A Biography that the legend of Cleopatra the femme fatale is actually the result of Roman propaganda. It sounds like an excellent book, and I might just have to pick it up.
