A time when sexual regret did not amount to sexual assault

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Twoofginger · 20/05/2020 09:33

The words in my thread title appear in an Irish Independent article about the journalist's experiences of uni life Trinity College Dublin in the 80's/90's versus how it is portrayed in the BBC3 TV hit Normal People.
I was quite enjoying the article until I got to that part and it shocked me - is the journalist saying anything other than that sexual assault reports nowadays are just experiences that women regret and who decide in the cold light of day to "cry rape" ?

www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20200519/281968904879388

I will see if I can figure out how to do a clicky link - not even sure that the URL above works

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Twoofginger · 20/05/2020 10:18

Yes, it all goes downhill from that point. Reminds me of my mother's claims that there was "none of that in my day".(drinking/ sex before marriage/ teenage pregnancy)

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LimpidPools · 20/05/2020 10:15

"it was still a time when 'no' was a perfectly acceptable response"

Hasn't read Tess of the D'Urbervilles then. Or a thousand other texts stretching back through the centuries.

Very, very foolish. Written by a woman though, isn't it?

Kit19 · 20/05/2020 09:52

"Im not saying there werent any rapes but I never heard of any"

fucking hell

TreestumpsAndTrampolines · 20/05/2020 09:47

It's always just bubbling there under the surface isn't it.

I've had my fair share of fun. I have had regrettable encounters - ones that were just bad, ones that were embarrassing, people I've slept with who I wouldn't if it hadn't been a lovely sunny day and I'd been on the beers etc. They're obviously different from sexual assault.

The idea that our women's brains can't tell if we've been assaulted or just got a little bit too friendly with the new guy in tech support and are ashamed the next day is offensively insulting.

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