What the Cornell case reveals more than anything to me as a neutral gay guy observer of the gender wars is that now more than ever young women are moving like faggots. Like Diva what do you mean you STARTED the night consenting to a Ketamine fueled threesome? I’m sorry but if you put yourself in a situation like that you can’t be surprised when you end up in a gray area vis-a-vis consent —- everyone there that night was fucked up. Had this exact scenario happened to a gay guy —- and stuff like this does all the time —- nobody would have considered it rape. When I was in my early 20s, partying all the time and waking up next to some dude I barely remember even meeting I didn’t consider it rape in part because I put myself in that situation and in part because he probably didn’t know who the hell I was either. I understand why women feel differently because men are more physically powerful than them, can be dangerous etc. But we can’t have this double standard wherein an intoxicated woman cant consent to sex but an equally intoxicated man is 100% fully culpable for his actions. If women want to have wild crazy casual sex then fine but I think society, and especially their gay friends, should be brutally honest with them about what these kind of situations look like in practice because they are obviously far too naive and sheltered when it comes to this type of stuff/male sexuality etc. Nobody’s getting treated like a lady at the k-fueled orgy and when you’re 4 hours in saying something like “yeah sure you can do lines off my naked body” you should know that WILL register as implied consent to a drunk frat boy because in the (intoxicated and horny) male mind if you’re down for some kinky shit like that with him then why would regular sex be off the table unless you very explicitly say otherwise? Also, if you’re gonna put yourself in these situations —- you need to be prepared for what to do when things get off the rails. You cannot rely on drunk guy you just hooked up to take care of you. Trust no one. Put your foot down. Call an uber. Share location with a friend before you go, get them to check in at a designated time, etc etc. Gay guys do this kind of stuff when they know they might be heading into a sketchy sexual situation and not to be a dick—- but women should too if they wanna start their nights moving like weho circuit queen. We need to be real with them about this kind of stuff for their own good.
Here’s a shocking statistic you may not know. USAID more than doubled its spending on Brazil as soon Bolsonaro won their 2018 election. This was not because Brazil suddenly needed twice the aid. The money was spent on projects in Brazil to undermine Bolsonaro.
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.