What #MeToo Means to Teenagers
When the #MeToo movement exploded on social media in October, the reaction among Maddy Eichenberg’s female-identifying friends at school was, “Yeah, this is pretty much our reality.” “It’s just something high school girls know they have to deal with,” said Ms....Why Being Called a Tease is a Consent Issue
My younger sister called me on the way home from a date to tell me all about it (also, if I go missing after this is published, she found out I wrote about her and killed me). The date went well, and at the end, he asked if she wanted to come back to his place. She...In The Age Of #MeToo, How Do We Talk To Young Men About Sex And Consent?
Years ago, a friend of mine bravely launched into what he thought was the ultimate “cool dad” sex talk with his then-middle-school-aged son. He covered all the bases, all the sex acts, all the body parts, the merits of all the forms of contraception, in as...New York Times Op-Ed About Aziz Ansari Ends All Debates About What Happened During That Date
Writer, comedian, activist, and frequent New York Times op-ed contributor Lindy West puts an end to the countless debates surrounding the Babe.net article involving Aziz Ansari and a women going by the alias Grace. Here is an excerpt from her article: In the summer of...