OK, I am _pretty sure_ that what Moz is referring to is the unfortunate number of people out there for whom marriage = consent. At least on some level. Sadly the legal system can tell you that there are plenty of these people out there, or at least people who are prepared to pretend they feel this way if it might get them out of trouble. For these people saying no is breaking the rules and continuing to say no is a betrayal. Albeit a betrayal of unreasonable assumptions that they have made. It's about individual perspective, and wrong or right (WRONG!!) there are people out there who believe it to be true.

I entirely agree that it should not be this way, but Moz is not saying it should be either, he's merely admitting that the position exists. The difference between what is legally true and what people expect to be true is often a hideous chasm.

People sometimes expect consent for terrible reasons, they also sometimes give consent for terrible reasons. Hell I know I've said yes when I didn't really mean yes, in the past. Because it was easier than dealing with saying no. I've said yes out of some broken sense of obligation. Learning to say no has not been a simple class.