What really bugs me about the current laws is how sex is portrayed as something that a man "inflicts upon" a woman. As if women were totally passive during courtship and never wanted sex. This doesn't reflect my personal life experiences with women at all. And, on the legal side of things, things are definitely moving in a certain direction. And that direction is more acts being considered rape / harassment. The laws will get harsher in the future and changes will come rapidly.
In Germany, a "no means no" legislation was only introduced a few years ago - but already, the same people who pushed for that legislation are pushing for "yes means yes" now. And, as I've always said, after yes means yes comes "enthusiastic consent" and after that comes legislation in which a woman can retroactively withdraw her consent even weeks or months after sex - because what if she felt pressured to enthusiastically consent? It's a rabbit hole that actively encourages abuse of the law at this point.







