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by colejohnson66 59 days ago
"Can we do X, Y, Z?" Yes? Or maybe later?

It's so annoying. No means no, not "pester me later"!

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Consent used to be "Yes" or "No" now it's "Yes" or "I'll give in later"
There's a reason the tech industry is said to be rapey. Such fundamental misunderstandings of consent likely do not ultimately stop at the digital.
Woman in tech (rare here, I know) and I can confirm, they don't stop at digital