Feeling Attacked
Yesterday I had a heated discussion with a friend about consent. He said that oftentimes men are not even aware that they need to ask women for consent before touching them casually. And often times they get villainized even though they have no intentions of touching a woman inappropriately. He kept alluding to an incident where an acquaintance of ours touched me to help me in a rollerblading rink and I told my friends later that I did not feel comfortable being touched. He said that looking as an outsider, he couldn't even tell from our interaction that I did not welcome that touch. Honestly I felt a little attacked. Just because I did not scream and shout, it does not mean that I wanted this acquaintance to touch me. I did indicate with my body language that I did not want him to touch me. I tried to get away from him as soon as I could. Mind you, I was on roller blades at that time and it was not easy to move and I did not want to appear as a rude person. But I also did not want...
