We were in Criminal law class today discussing wilfullness and intent in relation to sexual assault when the prof. mentioned that sexual consent in Canada's criminal code is explicit only. No more implicit consent, as rapists have a tendency to see anything a woman does as consent (ie: if she struggles, she really wants it but wants me to know she a 'good girl'.) Guys in our class were snickering and muttering, "Guess we need to get signed waivers." Ick. After class, a friend of mine attempted to discuss the issues of implicit consent further with some of the guys from our class. I didn't get involved as I feel I'm still too emotional and raw about the issue and cannot engage in dispassionate debate. She didn't seem to get too far with them, maybe I'm wrong. I left right about the point where one of the guys was saying, "Even if 99% of the cases brought to court are true sexual assault" there are still a lot of innocent guys in that 1%. True male attitude: screw the 99% of women, we need laws that better protect that 1% of men. Yes, because white men need so much protection in this society.
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Ugh, ugh!
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