On the latter, I keep having the thought that in 2019, that comment should not be needed. I feel the same about your comment and how men act.
(I say all this as a older white man.)
On the latter, I keep having the thought that in 2019, that comment should not be needed. I feel the same about your comment and how men act.
(I say all this as a older white man.)
[1] (See also: "teach them not to rape!" and the like. You can't teach a rapist not to rape - the leopard doesn't change its spots. And the moral majority of dutiful, ethical, law-abiding folks don't need to be taught not to be predators!)
The whole discussion around "rape culture" suggests that a lot of people need to be taught where the boundary is. They don't do it "deliberately" but declare that anything other than a clear repeated "no" counts as consent, which is not right.
They're taught by popular culture and outdated notions of masculine identity that the boundaries don't really exist, or that they're just an obstacle to be overcome. Plenty of popular songs teach men that women should consent to sex if a man is aggressive enough or rich enough, or handsome or gets a woman drunk, etc.
Rape culture sends men the message that consent is defined by what they want, and that they're entitled to sex, and that there's something wrong with women who don't give it to them (and, conversely, something wrong with men who can't get it at every opportunity.)
Oversteer is inevitable. You'll somehow manage. Just like women somehow manage to power thru constant harassment.