Posts like the one below concern me, especially coming from a woman. All young women and all young men should be taught that no means no. NO never means maybe, kinda, sorta, uh-huh. If a person things he or she are receiving mixed messages, then the person needs to explain, in detail, why he or she thinks that the other person is communicating something other than no. If the person continues to say no, then NO means NO. Soap operas are not real life. Gone with the Wind is not real life. > Just watch a soap opera -- and you can see the female > characters giving mixed messages to male characters about sexuality. > There's a famous example of this in the scene in Gone With the Wind where > Rhett rapes Scarlett and she wakes up the next morning smiling. > > As I understand it 80-90 percent of communication is non-verbal. And there > are times when non-verbal communication conflicts with the verbal > communication. > The responsible in communication is up to both the male and the female. That's it. The burden does not rest on women. And the messages that women receive from the media and life in general are often sexist lessons that teach women to give up more personal power than would ever be asked of a man.
No means no. Period. -Brandon Lacy Campos -Powderhorn Park 9-4 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
