It funny that you seem to think because I can see the difference between sleazy manipulative conduct and rape I would use this kind of conduct: I happen to be monogamous and married, and have only had long-term girlfriends. And, no, the feeling of a person alone is not the litmus test. Feelings can change, are…

You are aware of the concept of innocent until proven guilty, right?
And it is really interesting to see that you feel the need to question posters' personal sex-etiquette because you don't agree with their version of how to approach getting to the truth. I bet you don't have any lawyer friends. I happen to have…

I guess we can both quote different parts of the article to prove our point. I think the article states that asking would be great, but to nonverbal consent is enough. But let's not kid ourselves here: We are on a message board debating an episode of Girls. Most people on here probably believe in respecting the rights…

You should be reading the comments more carefully. There are two debates going on. One of them is about whether Hannah was in the right to write an article about Chuck based on her idea that his special brand of sleaze (excluding the ending) was sexual harassment. From what we as viewers can glimpse, it might be, but…

You happen to be wrong. Consent does not have to be verbally given, regardless of how many capitals you use. Don't want to take my word for it? http://www.pamf.org/teen/ab… "A person may also give consent non-verbally by actively engaging in the sexual act." Do you think any time a couple has sex and the partners…

That's what I said. Regarding Chuck and Hannah: He crosses a line. Obviously. There is no consent.
Regarding the issues Hannah bases her article on: Without a lot of conjecture, there doesn't seem to be any harassment/coercion happening.
The idea of "active" consent is asking a bit much: Even if Trump's trophy wife…

But all the things you mention are sleazy, and not issues of cosnent/harassment etc., wheras Chuks making Hannah touch his penis without her knolwedge, basically, could be construed as such. Hannah's argument against Chuck was that him being a sleaze was an issue of lacking consent/harassment, which is not correct. I…

Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but considering what you imply, how exactly do you raise someone to be one?

Being star-struck or under somebody's spell and engaging with them sexually does not count as the "star" going against consent. Otherwise we would have to outlaw the effects of attraction, charisma, intellect etc. on a potential sexual partner, which would basically make all sexual intercourse illegal. A…