When Consent Isn’t Enough: The Importance of Stepping Back

After my freshman year of college, I was right back to lying on the carpet of my best friend’s room, catching up on everything we’d missed for the past six months. My best friend said, “I guess I had sex with two guys over the year. Well, sort of three, but the last one doesn’t count.” “Doesn’t count?” said my other friend who was draped over the futon and looking up from her phone. “Well, we started having sex but I decided I really wasn’t feeling it, so I left in the middle,” my best friend