California’s Sexual Consent Law Will Ruin Good Sex for Women

Some feminists are gleefully asserting that California’s newly
minted “yes means yes” law will not only make sex
safer on
American campuses, but also
better. But that’s as credible as telling little boys that
masturbation will lead to blindness. To the extent that the law
works, it will actually ruin both good men and good sex for women.
I note in my column at The Week:

Supporters have also launched an aggressive
“consent is sexy” campaign to pre-empt the kind of comedic
lampooning that was unleashed by Saturday
Night Live and Dave Chappelle the
last time this standard was proposed. It’s sexy, they claim, to ask
your partner if they’d like it “if
I bit your neck” or “spanked your bottom.” Think
Progress‘ Tara Culp-Ressler, a
consent evangelist, insists that far from killing the mood,
making sure your partner is as excited as you are about certain
moves and positions will enhance the sexual experience.

Sometimes. Still, such claims are based on a rather simplistic
understanding of human sexuality that is out of touch with the
lived experience of most people.

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