Hi, so I really just want to explain myself, but I don't want to keep posting ooc on my floater account, so I'm coming on here to just get this out there without clogging my partners dashboard, etc. Putting my opinion on whether or not Drew consented to sex with Katie or not, I want to explain why I am so passionate about what happened. What I see people saying is, although he was drinking, he was the one who kissed her, etc etc so he consented. Seeing people say that truly worries me. Degrassi is a show that influences young people and they see things such as that and think it's okay. I am worried that because people think that, despite Drew being drunk, he consented that if something like this ever happens to them, they can't say anything. The show did not handle this situation well and people should not take it for how it was. If you go to a party, get drunk, and have sex, but the next day you barely remember what was happening and you felt you were not in control enough to consent, please do not be afraid to come forward and say you were raped. You know how you feel and you know if you consented or not. The person who had sex with you cannot tell you if you said yes or not. If you don't remember saying yes, if you don't feel like you wanted to have sex, but it happened while you were drunk, please please don't feel like, because of what you saw on Degrassi, it was not rape. When you are drunk, you are not fully capable of controlling yourself or what you're doing and can do something you do not want to do because you are under the influence. My opinion aside on the matter, I am very uncomfortable with the way Degrassi handled the situation and am worried they sent out the wrong message to such young, impressionable kids.
Unless you are fully conscious, fully aware, and in control of yourself, consent cannot happen.
