Limbaugh on Sexual Assault: "No Means Yes If You Know How to Spot It"
The sweaty armpit of talk radio now fancies himself to be a "seduction" expert. On his show today, Rush Limbaugh decried Ohio State's new policy instructing students to get explicit, verbal consent before having sex, because "no means yes if you know how to spot it."
The context for that statement doesn't help. Limbaugh apparently misses the good ol' days when rape was just a "misunderstanding." Here's his argument, as recorded by Media Matters:
Seduction used to be an art, now of course it's "brutish" and it's "predatory" ... [According to Ohio State policy,] consent must be freely given, can be withdrawn anytime, and the absence of "no" does not mean "yes." How many guys, in your own experience with women, have learned that no means yes if you know how to spot it? ... Are these [policies] not lawsuits waiting to happen?
Perhaps, sadly, this isn't the case, but guys like Rush Limbaugh should expect to be arrested and prosecuted if they rape someone.
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