Pretty unlikely. Being self-consciously dishonest is unpleasant and worth avoiding. People like to think of themselves as being good and honest. Most social dishonesty is less conscious and explicit than that, and hinges on maintaining ambiguity and deniability to oneself as well as to others.
Precisely, and retroactively rationalizing that you did not give “enthusiastic consent” strikes me as a decent example of such ambiguity.
Whereas I think the way that I and ialdabaoth are using the idea of “enthusiastic consent”, it is (in part) about being unambiguous. So I think we are using terms differently here.
I’m curious if you have a substantive response to the rest of that comment, by the way.
Whereas I think the way that I and ialdabaoth are using the idea of “enthusiastic consent”, it is (in part) about being unambiguous.
The problem is that you haven’t actually defined standards for “enthusiastic consent” and near as I can tell neither have any of the other people arguing for it. It’s not enough to simply assert that something should be unambiguous. Since the property of being unambiguous is itself ambiguous.
I’m curious if you have a substantive response to the rest of that comment, by the way.
As for your accusations of narrative bias, the same could be said about the existence of this supposed “rape culture”.
Precisely, and retroactively rationalizing that you did not give “enthusiastic consent” strikes me as a decent example of such ambiguity.
Somewhat ironic given the original meaning of “enthusiastic”: possessed by a god.
Whereas I think the way that I and ialdabaoth are using the idea of “enthusiastic consent”, it is (in part) about being unambiguous. So I think we are using terms differently here.
I’m curious if you have a substantive response to the rest of that comment, by the way.
The problem is that you haven’t actually defined standards for “enthusiastic consent” and near as I can tell neither have any of the other people arguing for it. It’s not enough to simply assert that something should be unambiguous. Since the property of being unambiguous is itself ambiguous.
As for your accusations of narrative bias, the same could be said about the existence of this supposed “rape culture”.