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Women Should Just Be Honest (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/comicstrips

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Interesting…. I think you’re right in that we are probably talking past one another.

We can and hopefully we all do engage in platonic relationships where sex is not an expectation… I hope so dear lord.

It does upset me though in these conversations where some one just says… hey, don’t be a dick, it’s easy…. As if that is useful or helpful advice… and then also the canned and simplified response of sex is never an entitlement or an expectation. It’s not always that black and white. Yes we all have autonomy, and yes all sexual relationships should be consensual.

Human sexuality is a bizzarre thing and a lot of the things that we tell guys to do is the exact opposite of what should be done depending on the exact circumstances. It’s difficult to navigate, because women are not an algorithm where the correct input can be given to achieve the expected results, any more than men are. We are all complex. So one guy can do and say things depending on circumstances that would and do come across as creepy if another guy sees it and tries the same thing.

And in this comic I think it does speak to a lot of women’s personal experience.

Understanding one sides point of view doesn’t have to belittle the other persons experience on the other side either.

I’m glad we didn’t start attacking each other, it’s really interesting to me like I said. Thanks for responding.