Scottish politician Q Manivannan's comments illustrate what happens when political theories about gender and consent collide with the fundamental reality of sexual violence. “There’s also different modes of, well, not just consent, but also ideas, but also contexts and conditions under which rape is, well, rape,” he said. As Celia Walden asked sarcastically in the Telegraph: “So what he’s saying, to be clear, is that there are contexts and conditions under which rape is not, in fact, rape?” However, that most certainly does NOT turn rape into a spectrum nor should it ever be spoken of in those terms. Several prominent women’s rights activists concurred; the Scottish Rape Crisis Alliance condemned the MSP for minimizing sexual violence.