Because No means No: Even if, and if #ENDRAPECULTURE

You’re in a relationship: Being in a relationship doesn’t necessarily mean someone wants to be engaged in a sexual act.

You’re married: Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse without the spouse's consent. “The lack of consent” is the critical element and it doesn’t have to involve physical violence. Marital rape is considered a practice of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

You agreed to have a sexual encounter: Agreement is not consent. Consent given prior to a sexual encounter can be withdrawn at any time, and if one partner decided to ignore that and continue with it, it is rape.

You manipulate or force your way into it: If you needed to manipulate someone, emotionally, physically or mentally, to have a sexual encounter with them, it is rape. Submission to a sexual encounter is involuntary when it is forced upon a dissenting person by the use of physical force, threat or incapacitating behavior.

If she cries, seems to be shocked, unbalanced, hazed: If someone is agreeing to a sexual encounter, they wouldn’t be developing PTSD symptoms during it. Sometimes rape victims don’t know how to stop or fight against the rapist, not every “no” is verbal.