Russell Brand has been convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The British comedian faces a significant prison term when sentenced Monday.
And yet your insight is better than that of most of the other people posting here, who are probably straight men. Who’d have thought that being a woman and loving women might confer someone with understanding of women? I respect the Sisterhood, as I do anyone strong enough to swim against the current in pursuit of their own integrity and joy.
which includes encouraging women to be open about desires and to make moves
The first time a women assertively made a move on me, when I was about 20, I was initially freaked out, but went along with it (which turned out to be a good choice). I’d accumulated that much gender-role stereotyping up to that point in my short life. After that, such experiences were still the exception rather than the rule, but I was more confident in my responses (which didn’t always mean I said yes-- someone obviously drunk could well have morning-after regrets, and I didn’t want to be part of those).
And yet your insight is better than that of most of the other people posting here, who are probably straight men. Who’d have thought that being a woman and loving women might confer someone with understanding of women? I respect the Sisterhood, as I do anyone strong enough to swim against the current in pursuit of their own integrity and joy.
The first time a women assertively made a move on me, when I was about 20, I was initially freaked out, but went along with it (which turned out to be a good choice). I’d accumulated that much gender-role stereotyping up to that point in my short life. After that, such experiences were still the exception rather than the rule, but I was more confident in my responses (which didn’t always mean I said yes-- someone obviously drunk could well have morning-after regrets, and I didn’t want to be part of those).