Elisa Mariño
2 min readOct 17, 2024

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Again, silence is NOT consent. Specially in situations when one of the parts might be scared or doesn't have autority to speak up. Or whatever they said is ignored, which is what happens to many girls who are forced into arranged marriages. Or in places where religion grants the husband the "right" to rape, although they call that sex. Not to mention all the people who believe that if they can get a woman drunk enough to not be able to speak, that then doesn't count as rape.

No, silence has never been consent and we can see it because when a man is silent in front of an outrageous proposal, no one considers he agreed. If a man was piss of drunk and the neighbour said he agreed to sell his car for a dollar, no one would ever believe he consented. If a man is intimidated by someone bigger and doesn't dare to speak up while other men take his wallet, everyone would understand he didn't consent.

But, suddently, when it comes to women, if she doesn't literally die fighting, there are men who would claim there was consent. Hell, even if she died, the man might claim that there was consent and her death was just "kink gone too far" and an accident, not rape and murder.

We should take you at your word and if at some time you are unable to speak as in unconscious because they have drug you or maybe sound sleep, they should claim that you agree to give them your house and money. After all, acording you, silence is consent so no big deal. Right?

Or if 3 men bigger than you surround you and ask you for everything you have and you know that if you refuse they would kill you, of course you would stop them no problem... It is almost funny how deluded you sound because you are as vulnerable as a woman to being drugged or overpowered, not to rape you, but to steal from you. The only difference is that in your case they might take it seriously.

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Elisa Mariño
Elisa Mariño

Written by Elisa Mariño

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