A Modest Proposal: The Thorny Issue of Sexual Consent

Published: October 18, 2007, 7:35 pm

There's been a lot of discussion about what constitutes "consent" in terms of sexual encounters. Personally, I'm a strong proponent of just asking my sexual partner (even after we've been together for years) the simple question: "Do you want to have sex with me?"Figuring out what to do after asking this question is a very easy If/Then statement:IF Answer = "Yes", THEN *sex ensues*, ELSE *sex does not ensue*.Now, when I've proposed this solution to rape-apologists some people, they have challenged my programming sequence with a very thorny "ElseIF" equation: "But what if she changes her mind in the middle of it and then accuses me of rape?" -- because according to these rape apologists people, this apparently happens all the time -- just every time you turn around, I guess (on some planet).These rape apologists individuals also say that getting clear consent before gettin'-it-on is a "mood-killer", and one of them stated"unless a woman is chanting "Yes' over and over for hours

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