laowai Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 George, originally from Cardiff, received an invite to an I Heart Consent workshop via Facebook. The sessions are being rolled out in students’ unions across the UK to enable young people to talk openly about the complexities surrounding sexual consent. While Oxford and Cambridge have scheduled them into freshers’ introductory timetables, other universities have also started running them voluntarily. George took to his keyboard to explain why he felt like the invite was 'a massive, painful, bitchy slap in the face'. He wrote in the piece, which appeared on online student newspaper The Tab, 'It implies I have an insufficient understanding of what does and does not constitute consent and that's incredibly hurtful. 'I don't have to be taught to not 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.' Predicting the inevitable questions about 'blurred lines' George wrote, 'I already know what is and what isn't consent. 'I also know about those more nuanced situations where consent isn't immediately obvious as any decent, empathetic human being does. 'Yes means yes, no means no.' He accused the Russel Group University consent teachers of not having a 'high regard' for their peers and added 'get off your f***ing high horse'. 'I was insulted because I took the invitation to mean I didn't already know what consent is and that therefore I'm a potential rapist - and that's a bit offensive. 'There is sexual assault and rape among students, but they're blaming the wrong people. It's a massive broadside against everybody. 'If you're going to commit rape you're not going to go to one of the lectures. 'They're trying to help, so I support that. I just don't think its the best way to help people. I think it's wasted efforts.' 'I think if there has to be education it has to come earlier - not at the age of 18 when you start university. It just feels like too little too late. 'People are dropped into this new world and some people might find themselves in a spot of trouble, but if they'd had the education earlier it might be better. 'But I don't think sitting people down and lecturing them is the way to do it.' To those offended by his article, George said: 'We're probably on the same side'. 'No sane, empathetic human being would be in support of rape or opposed to any attempt to stop or minimise rape. 'But I would just say your efforts may be better directed elsewhere.' source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3274102/This-not-rapist-looks-like-Student-causes-outrage-Twitter-arguing-sex-consent-workshops-don-t-apply-him.html
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