Being assertive enough to avoid being coerced into sex sounds like a good skill to learn. But you have to wonder what the corresponding page on Challenges said: Try not to rape your girlfriend?

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We’ve all seen the first date horror stories where the man goes too far and the woman tolerates it. She eventually finds her voice and stands up for herself. She tells him to stop, calls him out on his behavior, or just walks away. What she doesn’t do is go into detail about how she felt during the date.

And then she finds herself in this situation again. This is probably because if she says “stop” you might interpret it as consent, but “no” is too strong.

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