Ansari and Conversations About Consent
Content warning: Sexual assault. Two years ago I wrote about the night of my sexual assault for my college’s magazine to explore what was being done on my campus to educate students and help survivors. Before it was published I had to assure the editors several times that I was OK with my name being attached to the story “forever” for anyone to see, maybe in case I had something to be ashamed of in the future or in case of potential backlash about the publication. The reason I chose to write my story was to start a conversation about sexual assault and to help other survivors realize they are not alone. After the assault occurred, I was afraid to share my story and was in denial of what had happened because of the gray area between rape and consensual sex, otherwise known as sexual assault or misconduct. I was afraid I would be blamed for my actions and told what I could have done to prevent it from happening to myself. Now in the wake of the #metoo movement we are hearin...
