What are the pitfalls of the consent discourse? Are leftists ignoring a way to end the abortion wars? Did George Floyd protesters create any lasting change?
I think what’s alarming about the current consent over-correction is that it fundamentally misses the nature of sex. Sex will always be risky, vulnerable, and ambiguous, period. We can do what we can to make sure it is ethical and respectful, but we can never change the fact that it is just fundamentally a wilderness.
This creates a mismatch between ideal and reality that is untenable to live with. No wonder it fucks a lot of people up.
I think what’s alarming about the current consent over-correction is that it fundamentally misses the nature of sex. Sex will always be risky, vulnerable, and ambiguous, period. We can do what we can to make sure it is ethical and respectful, but we can never change the fact that it is just fundamentally a wilderness.
This creates a mismatch between ideal and reality that is untenable to live with. No wonder it fucks a lot of people up.