Feminism is kind of complicated.

[trog.livejournal.com]

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[dwer.livejournal.com]

when she's being forced to say yes. When she says yes out of fear. When she says yes to someone presenting themselves under false pretenses.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

That is understandable. That was the only situations I could think of as well.

But in a normal, healthy relationship....?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

In a normal healthy relationship, the parties have their rules that they live by.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

I guess that's why the sign in the photo confused me. I thought it was directed to the normal relationship, not coercive situations.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

I expect it's directed at all relationships.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

In reference to one of your above comments: I do not consider a normal, healthy relationship between two human beings to involve coercion, fear, or lies. Based on that comment, and in absence of those things, yes should always mean yes in a normal, healthy relationship, should it not?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

It's not up to me to define how other people manage the rules in their relationships. If you're generalizing, then sure, I suppose in theory that's right.