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Up Front: Good to Go?, in reply to Moz,
the Mary Daly “no woman can consent to sex with a man”
Perhaps you mean Adrienne Rich? Her famous 1980 essay is titled “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”, argued that where heterosexuality is compulsory, “consent” has limited meaning for lesbians.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
It's a stitch-up
that’s where this sewer has gone
I'm off to knit up the ravelled sleeve of care.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
doesn’t that mean we then
have a ‘stablehand’ in control?If only they'd do the mucking-out. #DirtyPolitics
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
a dolt from the Blue Lagoon
...trying to shut the stable door, but the House has dolted.
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This is really scary. We don't even know what freedoms we're about to lose in this make-believe.
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Hager is a hero to me. I hope he knows how many of us admire and respect him. All the more so when measured against these dolts.
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Up Front: Good to Go?, in reply to Moz,
many people would consider ongoing refusal to be a betrayal unless discussed before marriage.
ongoing refusal?
Sex is not showjumping, is it? Surely it’s something people negotiate and enjoy together.
And really so much more than can be covered by a simple yes/no. -
Up Front: Good to Go?, in reply to Moz,
Euan, marriage definitely does not imply consent, though it used to – rape is rape, also within marriage. This has been the case legally for some years.
I suspect his point was that the law and people’s expectations often differ.
Wow, I really hope NOBODY out there thinks that agreeing to marry someone is the same as agreeing in advance to doing anything they want, at any time. That sounds more like SLAVERY.
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PS wonderful pictures everybody!
Chris I'm particularly taken with your toadstools that seem to be marching out of the tree... -
Capture: The Colour Of Spring, in reply to Nora Leggs,
this could be the Purple one’s lashes
Heh, perfect! :-)