Understanding feminism, sexism and sexual assaults III: Saying 'yes' doesn't mean a blanket sanction to any sexual activity
Indianhomemaker posted this as a guest post ( link ) on her blog ( link ). I am resharing it here. A Guest Post by Freebird. I came across this other post: I Got Raped With My Consent. That Will Always Be The Most Horrible Memory Of My Life I don’t think consensual sex which doesn’t involve any coercion should be treated as rape at any cost. So I find the statement ‘I said ‘yes’ but it was ’emotional rape” very contradictory. But what I didn’t understand, and do find disturbing, is this : // I nodded. But it was an unsure nod. I was still thinking but he started acting on it before I could know. Nobody could stop him from there. He undressed me and complemented my body. He asked, he didn’t force himself on me. He was brutal and really wild but since it was my first, I didn’t know it was not supposed to be like that. There was no romance. He quickly got into me and enjoyed my painful shrieks. He didn’t kiss my forehead as in the movies. I couldn’t gather what