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> Consent is not defined by the absence of a no, but a presence of a yes. As nice as that sounds, there isn't a shred of truth to it in the real world. Pre-emp
by lawnchair_larry 13y ago
> Consent is not defined by the absence of a no, but a presence of a yes.
As nice as that sounds, there isn't a shred of truth to it in the real world. Pre-emptively asking a female before making a move will get you shut down every time. You're supposed to read the situation, pick up on signals, and often be a little bit psychic. Show me a female who wants you to explicitly ask permission before every action and I'll show you a liar.
- steveklabnik 13y agoSorry, I can counter your antidote with ones of my own. I have, in fact, pre-emptively asked a woman these kinds of things and had success.
- wilkie 13y agoAnd if you are wrong in your 'psychic' ability, that's sexual assault. The ends never justify the means when you don't get consent. A woman (can we call them women instead of females?) may not care for explicit permission, but that's irrelevant since no woman wants to be sexually assaulted.
- tommorris 13y agoPre-emptively asking someone before borrowing their car gets you shut down every time. That's not a reason to not do do so.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoI'm not arguing for or against anything in particular, I'm just saying how humans mate away from their keyboards. A process which has no relation whatsoever to that of borrowing a vehicle, I might add. If you want to go reductio ad absurdum on me, you can twist what I said to imply that I'm suggesting it's fine to go around raping people first and asking questions later, but I trust that a rational reader won't have issues understanding what my actual message was (even if they disagree with it (wrongly)).