Umm No. Men should learn/listen to non-verbal cues.

“well, no means no, plus you have to physically leave the space for them to respect that, otherwise I think it’s just awkward sex.”

She didn’t say no until the very end, though. At which point he stopped trying. And, yes, he was pressuring her into sex the whole time, not coercing her into sex. People seem to not realize that coercion involves force or threats.

This is how you make young white women look like infants. She was 23 years old. She had graduated from college, could legally vote, legally get married, join the military, drink alcohol, marry someone 50 years older than her. She is an adult. This reminds of me when media refers to Don Jr., Kushner and Ivanka as…

Why is Jezebel obligated to have a “take” on every sexual assault story in the news. That’s how you get lazy articles that add nothing to the conversation.

She also expressed her feelings to him the next day. He heard her out and apologized. I see no reason to doubt the sincerity of his apology. His statement on the matter affirms that he took her words to heart.

But I thought 23 was #adulting? So if you date anyone who is older and/or has more money, it’s automatically a power imbalance weighted against the woman?

What power imbalance? She isn’t in his industry, he has no control over her. If she had left on her own accord after dinner, nothing bad would happen to her.

Looking into the story as well, I thought the same thing, but didn’t want to be the first person to voice that thought. I’ll always give the benefit of the doubt, but the story made it come off like petty airing of dirt rather than actually pointing at predatory behavior.

This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

There was some sleaziness to his plays, but nothing that seemed outside the Tom Haverford playbook of overreaching. Certainly nothing that constitutes coercion.

The story reads to me like a groupie dissatisfied she was treated like a groupie.

Just here for the comments:

Because there isn’t any. There has to be consent for there to be consent.

I really want to know. Why is there not consent in that situation? Really not trolling, I want to understand.

What the hell is wrong with Chris Pratt?

In her account she says she gave him a consensual blowjob.

The entire #MeToo movement is continuing to tear itself apart as they realize that literally everyone has had some shitty sexual encounters at some point. What started as a much needed calling out of dedicated sexual predators is devolving into “Any time anyone was ever pushy on a consensual date”, and it’s basically…

How is Chris Pratt a terrible person?

My god... he didn’t force himself on her. That line seriously needs to be change. He didn’t rape her, and didn’t do anything like that. He was pushy, and sexually assertive/aggressive. That is not rape. She could have left. He is guilty of being horny and pushy about it too early. Instead of leaving she literally…