“Almost every time a guy has tried to initiate sex with me, it’s either been so awkward, uncomfortable, and crass that it feels like a scene written for Jonah Hill in a Seth Rogen movie, or way too subtle for it to even count—no, lightly rubbing my back as we fall asleep is not clear code for 'let’s fuck.'”
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