Alice Isak raises important questions about consent and what it actually looks like and means.
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The Octogenarian Asks the Feminist Sex Educator
you got me thinking
that thing you said about
what was it
not just no means no
how it’s gotta be yes means yes
and now I’m wondering
I mean
we were both 15, maybe 16
I guess
her parents weren’t home
she seemed into it
yknow
I mean, she seemed like she was into it
I know
she’d been into it with guys before
lots of guys
from what I’d heard
and she had really large breasts
really large
like this, yknow
so
I mean
you don’t think I
do you?
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