Ranai wrote:
First of all, I'm glad it's been brought up that an orgasm doesn't imply consent. I'm in hearty agreement with that fact- enough that I feel justified about posting when that's the only thing of merit/on topic I have to say.Arousal is arousal, not consent. The fallacy ‘If it's turning you on, you want it’ is used ad nauseam by writers who invent a nonconsensual situation and at the same time feel compelled to deny it.
The epitome of this absurdity, if used in writing about a rape situation, is the phrase ‘His body betrayed him’ or ‘Her body betrayed her’.![]()
As an aside, I always heard the phrase 'Her body betrayed her' not to imply that it revealed what she really wanted, but that she found her body's reactions to be a betrayal of how she was feeling... She's afraid, humiliated, in pain, and her body is betraying her by reacting in a positive manner despite all that.
That's not to say that either interpretation is more valid, of course. I'm just offering another viewpoint to the way that phrase may be used.





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