“I would love to live in a world where women feel safe saying NO, loudly & clearly every time they feel uncomfortable but that’s something that is often impossible for women. After all, the word no hasn’t been taught to us. We haven’t been given the freedom to say no all the time.”— Arnesa, twitter.com
“The situation in the post is actually pretty clear cut. People claim to need “more explicit” refusals, but they really just want to find a way to blame an assault victim for being in the room with her assailant. It’s the same thing we always do, and it’s garbage.”— Sady Doyle, twitter.com
“3) “But why didn’t she leave?!” Because - and this is crucial - he kept telling her he was going to stop. He systematically paused right before she fully freaked out, made her feel safe again, then resumed assaulting her, at a greater level of assault each time.”— Sady Doyle, twitter.com