Hey, Can A Woman "Ask To Get Raped"?

Consent is a key issue in defining sexual coercion yet few researchers have analyzed sexual consent attitudes and behaviors and, to date, there has been no published research examining sexual consent within same-sex relationships. The main objective of this study was to identify which behaviors people use to ask for and to indicate sexual consent to their same-sex partner(s). A Same-Sex Sexual Consent Scale was developed to measure both initiating and responding consent behaviors in same-sex relationships. Data were collected using an on-line survey from 257 participants (127 men, 130 women). The participants reported using nonverbal behaviors significantly more frequently than verbal behaviors to indicate consent.

A few researchers have examined sexual consent behaviours and attempted to identify ways that consent is communicated. There have been four reportedstudies on sexual consent behaviours (Beres et al., 2004; Hall, 1998; Hickmanand Muehlenhard, 1999; Humphreys, 2005). All four studies suggested that non-verbal behaviours are used more frequently than verbal behaviours to com-municate consent. Hall’s findings suggest that consent for heterosexual sex isimplicit for many types of sexual activities, but is more likely to be communicat-ed explicitly for oral sex, sexual intercourse and the initiating sexual behaviour(e.g. kissing). Hickman and Muhlenhard (1999), and Beres et al. (2004) useddata-reduction techniques (principle components analysis and factor analysis,respectively) to determine the different types of behaviours used to indicate con-sent. Both groups asked participants to rate certain behaviours on the frequencythat they use them to ask for and indicate consent to their partner. The types of behaviours used to indicate sexual consent (as defined by the studies) includeddirect and indirect verbal and non-verbal cues, no response, the removal of cloth-ing and intoxication.These studies are an important first step in understanding how consent is com-municated. They are also useful for confirming that consent is often negotiatednon-verbally and indirectly. However, the findings from the existing studies werevoid of context. It is not understood when during sexual activity consent to sex iscommunicated (or if it is a continual process), or in what order behaviours areused. Nor is there any information on the number of behaviours required to per-ceive that consent has been communicated. Other contextual information, such asthe nature and status of the relationship, and time and place of the sexual activity,also likely play a role in the communication of consent, and have not beenaddressed by the current literature.In addition to the lack of contextual information, the studies presume that consent is separated into initiating and responding behaviours (Beres et al. 2004;Hickman and Muehlenhard, 1999). Both studies asked questions separately forbehaviours used when participants initiated sex, and for times when theyresponded to a partner’s initiation. This division is reminiscent of the gender rolesin the normative sexual script and constructs a version of consent whereby onepartner requests consent from the other partner who ‘gives’ consent. These studies do not take into consideration mutually initiated sexual activity, or thepossibility that the initiator role may change during sexual activity. For example,one person may initiate kissing, then the other initiates genital touching, or the removal of clothing. In this way, both partners are giving consent to partici-pate in the sexual activity and both are involved in beginning new types of activities.In order to begin tapping into the complexities of sexual negotiations and con-sent, qualitative researchers need to begin interrogating the concepts of consentand willingness to participate in sexual activity. Qualitative research allows for
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the integration of context with the findings and can present a more complex picture of sexual consent.

Jeeeeeez....... Where's carpfart and his spam thing?

spam here being redefined as inconvenient truth.....

hawkeye10 wrote:

spam here being redefined as inconvenient truth.....

The only inconvenient truth, (as far as you're concerned anyway,) is that you're a ******* idiot.

Maybe, but at least I have you beat by a country mile.

As far as unreported rape goes, you cant expect people to report a crime to the state if they dont feel that the law represents reality. Which it does not, as it is a product of some combination of feminist fantasy and bullying.