Just remembered one of the first scenes in Breakfast Club involves a boy threatening a girl while in detention suggesting that he should “get her pregnant.” I’ve been to detention and if that happened to me irl I would be completely terrified. In the movie, she just scoffs. WTF
& people wonder why rape culture exists. This culture views consent as an accessory, not mandatory. Sometimes media flouts the dubiousness of consent. Consent is a topic of polite derision. Meanwhile, marginalized people brace themselves as they enter the arena of intimacy.
Excuses are made for lack of consent. That’s how it was back then, we were both drunk, they said yes and can’t take it back, its not that bad. How about people who don’t respect other people’s autonomy deserve every ounce of criticism they get, always. Fuck rape apologia, always.
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