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humanodon  ·  4092 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Female sexual aggression

Yeah, I have too. I hadn't really thought about it much though. I have a friend who woke up to a girl from our extended group of friends having sex with him after a party. I didn't really know how to react to it, though I did think it was a fucked up thing to wake up to, but he laughed about it. I don't know that I ever really asked how it affected him as it never really occurred to me to do so.

I don't know that my friend considers what happened to be rape, but it's clear that he didn't consent to having sex with the girl and I don't think that he would have even if he had be awake, much less sober. I think that the article is right in saying that society is heavily biased toward counting only male on female sexual assault as rape and very dismissive of female sexual aggression. To me, what makes it even worse is that the potential consequences of female on male sexual assault or rape could result in the man supporting any resultant children. Child support is a separate issue, but I think that needs to be examined with more thought, awareness and care as well.