With all the supposed “gray areas” regarding what constitutes consent, blogger RockstarDinosaurPiratePrincess has cleared up the topic using tea as an example.
She writes, “If you’re still struggling, just imagine instead of initiating sex, you’re making them a cup of tea. You say ‘hey, would you like a cup of tea?’ and they go ‘omg fuck yes, I would fucking LOVE a cup of tea! Thank you!*’ then you know they want a cup of tea. If they say ‘No thank you’ then don’t make them tea. At all. Don’t make them tea, don’t make them drink tea, don’t get annoyed at them for not wanting tea. They just don’t want tea, ok?”
And for those who still get tripped up by gray areas: “If someone said yes to tea, started drinking it, and then passed out before they’d finished it, don’t keep on pouring it down their throat. Take the tea away and make sure they are safe. Because unconscious people don’t want tea. Trust me on this.”
Simple, straightforward, and (in our opinion) hilariously effective, we’ll be using this to explain the “mechanics” of consent—which in reality is ultimately NOT confusing—for those who haven’t quite got the memo yet. Read the rest here.
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