The grey areas of consent for me exist with things such as societal expectation and personal boundaries, and conflict of interest.
Does anybody have the right to ask anything of anybody else? For example does a man approaching a woman in an isolated area have the right to ask her for sex? Is that about consent or politeness? She could argue that she felt intimidated, and as though her rights had been violated as a result, and that he didn't have the right to ask her, he could argue that he wasn't pressurising her in any way, he was simply making her an offer. W hat if he had asked her the time at a crowded bus stop, and she'd felt intimidated and said that he had violated her right to be left in peace..would that be more or less reasonable?
Public displays of affection seem like quite a grey area. The general consensus in the UK is that holding hands in the street is okay, but having sex is not... but everything in between is a varying shade of grey.
If I complain about a colleague wearing a t-shirt with the word cunt on it at our workplace, can they in turn complain about my hideous tie?
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Date: 2010-07-14 11:31 pm (UTC)Does anybody have the right to ask anything of anybody else? For example does a man approaching a woman in an isolated area have the right to ask her for sex? Is that about consent or politeness?
She could argue that she felt intimidated, and as though her rights had been violated as a result, and that he didn't have the right to ask her, he could argue that he wasn't pressurising her in any way, he was simply making her an offer. W
hat if he had asked her the time at a crowded bus stop, and she'd felt intimidated and said that he had violated her right to be left in peace..would that be more or less reasonable?
Public displays of affection seem like quite a grey area. The general consensus in the UK is that holding hands in the street is okay, but having sex is not... but everything in between is a varying shade of grey.
If I complain about a colleague wearing a t-shirt with the word cunt on it at our workplace, can they in turn complain about my hideous tie?