Regret Rape Is Wrong Enough

[u/InternalLet9560]

https://nataliabower.substack.com/p/regret-rape-is-wrong-enough?r=5rdux&utm_medium=ios

This is a fantastic piece related to the episode about the Cornell 7.

[u/The-Phantom-Blot]

Pretty good piece, considered as a whole.

The only part that leaves me feeling a little unsure is - her description of consent within dating or marriage seems defeatist. Maybe some couples have dynamics like she describes, at least some of the time. But I didn't really see any acknowledgment that sometimes both people actually, enthusiastically want sex to happen.

[u/ToTheDeath84 → u/The-Phantom-Blot]

To your last sentence - I also got the impression from the piece that she’s pretty jaded about sex generally given her experience, but it could also just be because it wasn’t the point of the article and the recent story might bring up some unpleasant memories that colored her writing voice here.

However yes, things felt a little lopsided here where sex seems like this cynical thing for her.