Blue Seat Studios created a charming little video, Consent: It’s Simple as Tea.27 It uses stick figures to illustrate why having sex is like a cup of tea. If you wouldn’t force someone to drink tea, why would you force them to fuck? If someone said they wanted tea, and then changed their mind when you made it, would you pour it down their throat? And so on. It’s a nice tool for children. But sex isn’t a cup of tea. If you don’t really want a cup of tea, but you drink it because you’re afraid you’ll offend your host, that’s good manners. If you don’t really want sex, but you do it because
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