Comments on: The Act of Just Being in a Bar Means You Automatically Consent to Everything!

By: Nell Gwynne

Nell Gwynne — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:03:44 +0000

God Bless Missouri, eh? I’m glad I got out of there.

I do not honestly understand why GGW continues to get away with this sort of behavior. If student filmmakers at my college have to fill out all sorts of paperwork, and get actor’s signatures on media releases, then why do these douchecaneoes get away with filming an assault? Bullshit.

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By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:41:45 +0000

WTF! How far up their own arsehole are these guys? This jury should be arraigned for assault themselves; at the very least for being an accessory after the fact. I’m speechless!

By: french

french — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:36:16 +0000

WHAT. THE FUCK.

That is absolutely reprehensible, abominable, and fucking infuriating.

By: Eve

Eve — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:01:41 +0000

Ridiculous. I hate how a jury can just choose to “change” the definition of the word consent in order to say that the law was not being broken, when in fact by the letter of the law and the actual definition of consent the law was clearly and blatantly being broken. The jury’s job should be deciding whether it happened, not whether they think it should be legal. Not only am I upset that the CAN do that, I’m upset that they DID do that, as I am anytime a jury reaches a victim-blaming verdict. What the hell? What decent person would come up with a verdict like that? Yanking someone’s shirt down against their will doesn’t suddenly stop being assault (and illegal) when you cross the threshold of a bar.

By: Nadia West

Nadia West — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:11:22 +0000

Wow. This infuriates me. What the fuck?

By: Dalanu

Dalanu — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:48:51 +0000

Holy crap. That’s insane.

By: Elodie

Elodie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:46:07 +0000

“Does the word “no” mean nothing?”

I’d say that’s exactly it.

And it’s beyond claiming the woman “really wants” something to which she did not consent. To have this mindset, you have to think that women have no sexual agency at all. That we are all just objects, to be used however men please. That sexual assault against a woman is literally impossible, just as it would be impossible to sexually assault a blow-up doll.