Claire – Several people have pointed out that an erection is a physical response. I’ll add that Oliver Queen was so drugged up that he thought Shado was Dinah (called her Dinah, talked to her like she was Dinah), and if he were inebriated to that extent, legally he would have been incapable of giving consent.

Claire, I knew a woman in college who claimed she could get any man to have an erection and ejaculate against his will. No idea whether she had ever tested this theory. I do know that you can use injections to cause an involuntary erection in people with nerve damage. Plus, of course, we’re talking about a universe where people can fly unaided — through interstellar space, even — and move planets with their bare hands. But I’ve never read any of the issues where these assaults took place, so I don’t know what was involved.

The Rose/Thorn in Metropolis is a legacy character.

Claire — The Sexual Assault Response Coordinator when I was in the USAF covered that one in a briefing actually. She said that ejaculation, erections and orgasms were involuntary biological reactions, and that if you have one it doesn’t mean you weren’t actually raped.

So, theoretically, provided the villain got the involuntary reaction (one of the things Jack said when he woke up after being raped by the Mist was “I’m sticky” so he had the reaction in his sleep; Ollie probably had the same problem since he was drugged too) it could happen.

or were the victorians right and men are just animals who can’t help themselves?