With sexual consent being a problem on college campuses across the globe, more consent education classes are being required to teach people exactly what consent looks like. George Lawlor, a 19-year-old student in the United Kingdom, feels that he doesn't need these classes, because duh, he's not a rapist!
He wrote a post for The Tab that says:
"I don't have to be taught not to be a rapist. That much comes naturally to me, as I am sure it does to the overwhelming majority of people you and I know. Brand me a bigot, a misogynist, a rape apologist, I don't care. I stand by that."
Although he feels that the classes are unnecessary, Buzzfeed News reported that other people disagree. Consent educators pointed out to Buzzfeed that the classes are not meant to accuse people of being rapists, but to educate people about what consent is and how to identify it.
Nessa Dinneen, a 20-year-old student, told Buzzfeed News that she's discovered through personal experience that many men don't know the full meaning of consent.
"They don't have to be convicted rapists to subject women to non-consensual sex," she said.
Consent education is important. What do you think, collegiettes?