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As the #MeToo movement continues to steam roll its way across Hollywood and politics, there are lots of conversations taking place surrounding consent.
In the past week, Dr Christine Blasey Ford testified against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who she alleges sexually assaulted her.
She stood before the Senate Judiciary Committee where she said Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school.
Alongside her testimony, thousands of women used social media to share their harrowing experiences with sexual assault.
A writer called Maura Quint went from a different angle, and instead shared all the times the men she was with had recognised what consent is - and isn't.
In one story, she recalls that when she was at a bar, she had drank a lot of wine coolers. A man asked if she wanted to leave and she said “maybe".
‘”Maybe isn’t yes,” he had responded. She went home "un-assaulted, because [she] hadn’t talked to a rapist at that party".
I want to tell a story: Once in high school, I felt insecure, I put on a tight top too low cut and dark lipstick I… https://t.co/jwXylVayyI— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188426
And then he said "maybe isn't yes" and I went home that night, un-assaulted, because I hadn't talked to a rapist at that party.— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188467
There were a few stories she shared with people.
In another, she recalls that after sharing a kiss with a man, he asked her "Yes?" and she didn't say anything in response. He stopped kissing her.
Another story: I went out drinking with girl friends at a bar a few years later. I was flirting with a guy there, h… https://t.co/JEwpAyB4An— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188551
One time she was sexually intimate with a man and then she wanted to stop. He listened.
One time a guy and I had flirted, he invited me to his room, I went we kissed, I said I liked it, he took off his c… https://t.co/OPyoHm6ywq— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188694
I said, I'm sorry, he said it's ok. I left, unmolested. I was lucky, I hadn't met a rapist that night.— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188732
Quint adds that sexual assault has nothing to do with what a woman is wearing or how she behaves - it's got to do with (in this example) men, and whether or not they decide to touch a woman without her consent.
I've been assaulted. I've also been not assaulted. The difference didn't seem to be what I was wearing, how flirty… https://t.co/E7f9gpmyKy— maura quint (@maura quint) 1538188973
Inspired by Quint, other women shared their own experiences with men who know the meaning of consent
@behindyourback When I was 25 I went to a house party with my roomy & a guy I had recently started dating. Hours la… https://t.co/VRzTnwkRdd— Flawless Petty (@Flawless Petty) 1538248374
@behindyourback found her upstairs, very drunk with a guy I knew she didn’t like. My guy became infuriated and insi… https://t.co/msnmmwhae3— Flawless Petty (@Flawless Petty) 1538248422
@behindyourback He willingly gave up a “sure thing” to help out my friend because #NotaRapist We’ve been married f… https://t.co/SMBdV1hBrI— Flawless Petty (@Flawless Petty) 1538248452
@behindyourback behind any woman walking alone he always makes sure lets her know someone is behind her that isn’t… https://t.co/rY1IInBumH— Amy (@Amy) 1538216586
@behindyourback guys out there very much aware of what women go though every day and will not try to take the defen… https://t.co/wmfIibM4A6— Amy (@Amy) 1538216731
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