Classes on consent give people the tools they need to weed rapists out of their communities - to make abusers easier to pick out and victims easier to helpThere are things in life we shouldnt maintain to be taught,things that are just common sense: fire is hot, water is wet, and hurting people is despicable. So I understand some of the confusion over the quickly-spreading “yes means yes” standards and classes on consent and sexual assault. “Don’t rape people” should be an easy enough lesson to learn without specific instruction. But it’s not enough to not be a rapist - what a depressing standard. We maintain a social responsibility,all of us, to stop rape. And when schools mandate classes on consent, and states put “yes means yes” laws on the books,it’s not because the people behind those decisions believe that all men are rapists or that people don’t understand that rape is despicable. It’s fairly the opposite. Wanting everyone to learn approximately rape is a sign of precise optimism. It means that we assume most people are capable and caring enough to help stop it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com