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US Politics 14h
It should be a first-degree felony if you give a guy consent then later, retract it because you are embarrassed or feel ashamed
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Anonymous 12h

This misunderstands consent. Consent can be withdrawn at any point, and it's an ongoing agreement, not a one-time yes. But regret after the fact doesn't legally turn sex into assault; the question is whether there was consent at the time. Knowingly filing a false report is already a crime. Often when someone "retracts" later, it's because they're realizing they didn't really feel free to say no in the moment, and that deserves to be taken seriously, not criminalized.

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Anonymous 12h

hey so lets just never give consent to any guy ever again

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12h

Everyone has free will. If someone you are engaging with has your consent it’s not fair to “realize” you didn’t want to all along. You are fully responsible for you actions at the end of the day whether you are inebriated or not. Kinda like saying you don’t deserve a DUI because you had impaired judgment and wouldn’t have done it otherwise. That being said, I am fully against a sober person taking advantage of someone who is impaired. Coercing an impaired person while sober is wrong.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3h

Have you ever (in any situation) felt like you got steamrolled? Couldn’t speak up? Felt intimated? You weren’t being heard? I experience this in my daily life. My words get twisted, I don’t get a word in, people assume one thing… and after it festers. I’ve been touched in ways I haven’t felt comfortable with at work and never felt I could say “no” and it festers. Right after the fact and in the days the follows, weeks…

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