What Kind of Man Turns Down a Willing Woman?

The Other Side of Consent

Edward Robson, PhD, MFA
ILLUMINATION-Curated
5 min readAug 20, 2020

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A comment on one of my recent articles caught my attention. A young man expressed appreciation for my advice about letting friendship grow before deciding whether to explore a sexual connection.

The problem was, he said, sometimes women he went out with were ready for sex before he was.

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Edward Robson, PhD, MFA
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Former psychologist, wordsmith, teacher, learner. Top writer in feminism, relationships, poetry, and other topics. ECRobson@gmail.com