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(41,002 posts)Iggo
(50,046 posts)walkingman
(11,136 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,982 posts)Easterncedar
(6,462 posts)Thanks, Johnny
GopherGal
(2,950 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:00 PM - Edit history (1)
so that the roofie drops into your own drink. Drink it immediately so that you pass out and don't rape anyone.
leftstreet
(41,239 posts)MineralMan
(151,527 posts)How uniquely clever!
EdmondDantes_
(2,044 posts)Much easier for me to remember.
usedtobedemgurl
(2,067 posts)Get consent, and only ask one time, then forget about it. Getting a yes on the fifth try is not getting consent!
EdmondDantes_
(2,044 posts)And not be grumpy if a partner says no because there's no obligation to say yes.
But that's starting to be a lot of things to remember, so back to my hermit life. 🙃
usedtobedemgurl
(2,067 posts)Sorry for being picky. I have known guys who feel as long as they get a yes, that is consent. They will use guilt or anything else they can, but it not consent, no matter what they think. There are some real assholes out there.
I hope you have a lovely day/evening.
SergeStorms
(20,797 posts)It doesn't mean "maybe," it doesn't mean "if you force yourself on me, then OK," it freaking means NO!
Guys have to listen to women.
If a woman told me "no!" that was it. I knew I had reached a line she didn't want me to cross.
Above all, women are human beings, not play toys for a man's amusement.
I don't see how this is so difficult for men to understand.
haele
(15,586 posts)Back then, if a woman wanted to have sex - or even just a swell old 2nd base or 3rd base sort of time, but didn't want to be thought of as being too loose, she used to flirt and tease until she got the situation to where she wanted.
It was a dance. Unfortunately, later, the game got really twisted and an increasing number of man-boys could't be trusted.
Sucks, but man-boys who can't respect or think of anything but their (honk-honk) are pretty much responsible for the death of flirting and mutual fun.
SergeStorms
(20,797 posts)Of that there's no doubt. There were "incels" back in my day, but they didn't form a political movement and demand sex frm women. Eventually most all of them found someone. We live in an "I want it NOW" society, I guess. I see it every day.
Iggo
(50,046 posts)milestogo
(23,188 posts)llmart
(17,724 posts)milestogo
(23,188 posts)and has nothing to lose by ripping your balls off.
Martin68
(28,057 posts)Just Jerome
(550 posts)workshop, seminar, webinar, church group, discussion group, CEU class, informal class, counselor, therapist, friend, or some-damned-body who can teach about the word "NO."
chowder66
(12,490 posts)PatSeg
(53,497 posts)Very powerful!
maxsolomon
(39,120 posts)I think I read this on DU 20 years ago!
niyad
(133,936 posts)Quiet Em
(2,997 posts)Thank you, JohnnyRingo
1WorldHope
(2,136 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,867 posts)I'm so embarrassed for my gender and continue to be fearful for the women of the world.
ornotna
(11,549 posts)This is from the Rape Crisis Scotland website.
https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/campaigns-top-tips/
highplainsdem
(63,014 posts)If you have power over a woman, don't tell her that her school grade or job or promotion are dependent on her letting you rape her.
2na fisherman
(355 posts)Avoid men who are marginal media celebrities who feel they can molest you because when you are a star they let you do it, you can do anything, grab 'em by the pu**y.
Mysterian
(6,612 posts)I just assume these people are pedophiles and rapists.
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,838 posts)Thank you for posting this
CousinIT
(12,736 posts)GopherGal
(2,950 posts)If you see a woman alone in a dark parking garage, spray yourself in the face. Your gasps and coughs should create enough commotion to alert the woman as well as any bear or confidential FBI informant she is intending to meet.
canetoad
(20,985 posts)Reminded me of Mike Johnson and his son.
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