There was an article in The New York Times this week explaining that sometimes a woman might consent to sex even though she has not really consented to it.
The author, Jessica Bennett, describes a new category of half-rape called “gray zone sex.” In this “murky gray area of consent” sometimes “yes means no.” Although, she acknowledges, sometimes “no means yes.” Sometimes a woman really wants to have sex but says no and expects to be convinced. Sometimes she really doesn’t want to have sex but says yes and expects her partner to do the opposite of what she said. In either case, the man’s task is straightforward: read her mind. Indeed he must ensure that his powers of ESP are finely tuned, lest he accidentally become a rapist.
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