
I made a meme
You can explain shit like the “””gray area””” of consent to them all day long and it will just be a waste of breath, because they have been manipulating that gray area to their advantage their entire adult lives. They understand it just as well as if not better than you.
Not raping and abusing women isn’t rocket science. If they wanted to stop, they would, as there is literally nothing preventing them. Writing them a how-to guide will achieve nothing; they’re not listening because they don’t care and they don’t intend to try.
Furthermore, you’re rewarding them with a free pass for “not knowing any better” and a lengthy handhold, which will do absolutely nothing to incentivize them to change. If you want to change the behavior of someone who acts exclusively in their own self interest, the only tool at your disposal is CONSEQUENCES.
Until treating you like a human being stands to benefit them, eg by protecting them from consequences, I really wouldn’t hedge your bets there. If explaining how they can do better didn’t work the first 75 times, it probably won’t work the 76th.