....my oh so very random thoughts

Monday 14 September 2015

Netflix and Chill

"If a girl is alone with a guy in his room and he starts touching her intimately and she tells him to stop, and he stops, is the guy a  mumu (stupid)?"

That was the question a male colleague asked during a class discussion which he expected all the females to answer.
I recall being in a foul mood that day and on hearing the question I thought to myself "What in the hell kinda stupid question is that?! Surely he can't be serious? If not anything, that guy is a perfect gentleman"

Be that as it may, it was a legitimate/valid question, and it stirs troubling thoughts. Let me explain. Recently a slang has been making popular rounds on the Internet: "Netflix and Chill". Apparently it's supposed to be some sort of code for "come over to my house lets have sex, under the pretext of watching a movie" Sound familiar?

It's a play that guys have been using to prey on unsuspecting females for a long time, they just found a more fancy name for it. 
A guy invites a girl to his house to watch a movie and maybe gist with him or cook for him as the case may be. As per "let's hangout"  Alright so excited and eager to please female comes to his house with the intention of doing just and only that. Next thing you know he's touching her in places she is not comfortable with(behind close doors of cos because as we all know, that's only how cowards operate) Confused, scared or annoyed female tries to resist his advances and he gets defensive saying "Afterall is it not what you came here for" *insert flabbergasted emoji* 
Worse case scenario, he drugs her drink and has his way with her.

There seems to be some sort of unwritten code that if a girl comes to a guy's house unaccompanied, she is literally asking, in short, begging the guy to sleep with her, whether she actually says so or not. Says who? Were you raised by wild animals or what?

Young man, if she says stop touching me, I don't like it. Stop! 
Even if she is wearing the lowest cleavage and the tightest skirt, No actually means No! It is not a code word for "Please continue"
Anything after that is Rape. Don't allow the devil to use you.

It's all well and good to teach our females to carry themselves a certain way so that they can "find a good husband". But who is teaching our men to do the same?

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