Woman Tweets About All The Times Men Didn't Rape Her To Teach A Lesson On Consent

[Danascot]

We're often advised to teach our sons to respect women and make sure they have consent before the the young man proceeds to make sexual advances. That's great but it is very general. The anecdotes in this piece provide specific examples of men doing the right thing. Our young men need to know what they should be doing if they find themselves in these types of situation, and the stories do just that.

"This past year the #MeToo movement inspired women around the globe to share their stories of sexual assault and this past week was no different. A new spark reignited the dialogue, led by Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford and her testimony against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who allegedly attempted to rape her in high school.

With most accusations of rape come a large dose of victim-blaming; What was she wearing? How many drinks had she had? Was she behaving flirtatiously? Well, one woman decided to counter these responses with 7 powerful stories, not of sexual assault, but of the times she wasn’t assaulted. Comedian Mara Quint recounts how in all of these situations she fit the criteria of a potential victim, large quantities of alcohol and flirtation but that there was one defining factor – men who knew what consent was."

https://www.boredpanda.com/not-a-rapist-story-mara-quint/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

[JudyM]

1. Great post and stories at the link. We need more of this.

[Danascot]

2. There are a lot more in the comments on twitter

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Link to tweet

edit: the first few pages are the ones in the article but there are lots more if you scroll down.

[niyad]

3. thank you for sharing that link. sad that we need the reminder, after the last few weeks,

that all men are not like the woman-hating, sexual predator enabling kava-nyet supporters.

[MineralMan]

4. There are always good stories. Sadly, there are always

horrifying ones, too. Mostly, we hear about the second type. That's how it should be, I think. The good stories are just about people behaving as they should. The bad ones, though, are about something else again.

No number of stories about men acting properly can outweigh the times some many didn't.