http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548970/Man-trial-rape-refusing-wear-condom-time-sex-woman-one-night-stand-tells-jury-100-cent-consensual.html
This story is a blatant example of the double standard on consent, how it manifests, and the consequences it can have for men and boys.
The story itself has more than one thing to talk about, but this really caught my attention (emphasis mine):
She was romancing me, touching and kissing, and I said no, I do not want to do that because there is no condom.
She started kissing me again and then I penetrated her. I believed 100 per cent it was consensual.
Reverse the sexes, and the aggressive person would have been accused of a sexual assault at least, more likely rape, at least according to the feminist standard of "sex consented to after being pressured for it is rape."
The combination of hypoagency and entitlement in that situation is incredible - this woman was comfortable pressuring the man she was with for sexual attention even after he attempted to refuse, but the moment his performance wasn't up to her standard (because he wasn't wearing a condom) she considered that a sexual assault. Her sexual aggression against his stated will was acceptable to her; his capitulation to to her sexual aggression was not because he didn't do it to her specification.
The hypoagency is in her denial of her responsibility for her choice to initiate and pursue sexual attention and activity. The entitlement is in her belief that it's acceptable for her to ignore his experience and focus only on her own.
And the result is that the standard - sex that doesn't suit all of a person's at-any-time-stated conditions for consent, even if it's sex that person pursued, is rape - only applies to the woman's consent, not to the man's consent.
If the victim in this instance was a dog who got poked at until he bit his abuser instead of a human being who felt pressured into sex, then was accused of rape for giving in, there would be outrage on his behalf. Instead, the story is covered as if the woman is a victim, and her agency is ignored.
That's the mentality we're up against in the fight against false accusations, and the fight for social and legal acknowledgement of male victims of sexual assault by women; the complete lack of acknowledgement of female agency, combined with a sense of female entitlement to sole consideration when it comes to one's experience of an interpersonal interaction.
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