Interesting.

Except many rape survivors don’t say no, they don’t fight back, they don’t scream. There are many ways to express a lack of consent, both legally and more importantly ethically and not all of them are immediately clear. If you actually listen to the stories of a lot of survivors, you’ll frequently hear them say…

First, the whole rape is about power and not sex thing is predicated on the idea that some how sex and power are in no way related. Sex and power and control are very intertwined for lots and lots of healthy people. Probably the majority of us

He always comes back

Generally the sex ed situation is actually worse at private and boarding schools than in public schools. There aren’t the same legal requirements concerning the curriculum, so nothing necessarily compelling the school to provide sex ed, and administrators often take the view that it is better to avoid the topic than…

I agree with a lot of what you wrote. I think it is important to practice good consent along the lines of what you lay out and that’s what we need to teach people regardless.

Exactly

Sure, as I said in my original post, Labrie should be held accountable. But if that’s all we do, we aren’t addressing the problem. Labrie and whether or not he is a bad person isn’t the issue, the issue is that it is entirely possible that he isn’t really exceptionally bad guy and could still have done everything he…

Personally, I disagree. I think one of the issues we have when it comes to rape is that one doesn’t really have to “devise methods to avoid consequences” because it is so uncommon for there to actually be any consequences for rape.

I don’t know if we can really say that “he knew what he was doing.” I can easily imagine tons of scenarios where Labrie thought his behavior was normal and therefore acceptable without really understanding that he was committing a rape

They are generally in a really crowded and loud environment, so the safeword doesn’t need to be subtle. It can be like “Man, I think my ankle is broken”

The problem is that a lot of people still don’t understand that what he did was actually rape. I mean there are those weirdos out there who are willing to say they think rape is a good thing, but most people would probably broadly say they are against rape. They just don’t really know what it is

Totally. I’m fairly confident that if you went to Labrie before his trial and asked him if he thought rape was wrong, he would have said it was. I’m also fairly confident that Labrie had no idea that his actions could be considered rape and that he was shocked and bewildered by the fact that he was on trial. He…

Best and most honest answer you are going to get? Because people are complicated. I’m willing to bet that most people who committ rape or sexual assault go on to have relationships later in life.

No no no, that proof is coming out next week

You know, I wouldn’t mind a future list of the best FF bosses

Yeah, that animation is one of my clearest memories of playing FFVIII as a kid. Such an impressive work of art

I’ve got to say, Final Fantasy X was the pinnacle of the series for me. I loved the plot and characters, the battle animations were incredible, and I even enjoyed playing me some Blitzball. To me, Spira is the greatest Final Fantasy world. While I have enjoyed many FF games, X was the first and only one that had a…

Is there an MRA superfund?

I mean, of course it did. Is anyone but Nungesser surprised? I’m sure his lawyer knew this would happen but will continue to work the case until all legal options have been exhausted and/or Nungesser’s parents stop paying. Whichever comes first