I agree with your rant. And, good luck with that civility. I hope that the vent helped calm you down and will also help you interact well with the member of congress.
I still vacillate sometimes on how I feel about mandatory active consent. I'm perfectly fine with partners who it, but I don't think I always want it; there are times where I don't want to have to say yes, I just don't want my right to say no infringed upon. And, if my not saying yes makes it rape, there are definitely times where I, in real life, want to be raped.
I think this is a different animal and something that can be negotiated. Rape fantasies are not uncommon. I feel they can be part of a healthy sex life, when negotiated. There still must be a way to say no. This is why we have safe words. What the above law is trying to do is say that the only rape that is considered rape is violent. Date rape is rape, forget active consent the woman is saying no. She just isn't being beaten by a stranger while doing it. Drugged rape is rape, it takes away your ability to say no.
Oh, I'm certainly against the law; I've just seen various sources, your rant included, imply that any sex without active consent is rape, which I think goes too far in the opposite direction.
While I'm here, using up space: Sleep No More. You can go find reviews from the Boston version from last winter. I cannot express how awesome it was, how I had to go over and over, and how I think you're precisely the sort of person who would enjoy it and should plan to meet me in NYC sometime in March to see it.
When I go to the link I get the website for the McKittrick Hotel. Am I missing something? If I am correct in that you mean the play done by Punch Drunk then it sounds like a plan to be made. If its a hotel, maybe we need to talk somewhere less public. ;)
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What the above law is trying to do is say that the only rape that is considered rape is violent. Date rape is rape, forget active consent the woman is saying no. She just isn't being beaten by a stranger while doing it. Drugged rape is rape, it takes away your ability to say no.
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While I'm here, using up space: Sleep No More. You can go find reviews from the Boston version from last winter. I cannot express how awesome it was, how I had to go over and over, and how I think you're precisely the sort of person who would enjoy it and should plan to meet me in NYC sometime in March to see it.
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If I am correct in that you mean the play done by Punch Drunk then it sounds like a plan to be made. If its a hotel, maybe we need to talk somewhere less public. ;)
Have they announced dates for the opening?
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