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Today I've been walking through the city on my own. In my village I went for a walk almost daily, and I've been missing that.
And I really needed to be alone for some time. Alone without being able to use the screen, so I can think clearly. Because I'm getting weird feeling when I think about Ruby, despite her being just a girl.
After walking for a while, I'm now sitting around on a huge square. A bunch of other people are gathering there. I look around and see a lot of weird people.
I already can name most of the other races already. There's a plate human, a group of amphibian humans and a dark elf with his dragon boy. And a lot of normal humans of course.
Most people are wearing weird clothes as usual. Many different colors and styles. The typical nudist is also there.
And I notice a girl, who wears a shirt with some text on it. Did I see it correctly?
I look closer. Is she really serious about that? It says "No rape, no future". This must be some kind of joke, right?
She's alone. I can't just ask her about it, can I? But she's walking in my direction. I doubt she's doing that on purpose, but I might at least talk to her and find out what kind of person she is. I get up and approach her.
Uhm, hey!
She stops and turns towards me.
Hey!
You immediately caught my eye.
Oh, why that?
I noticed your shirt.
Oh, you like it?
I'm not sure. You know what the text means, right?
Of course I do. I designed it myself.
But...
Do you really understand what it means?
I guess you endorse rape, right?
Yeah, that's basically what it's saying.
But why? That's... bad.
I think it's important for our future.
Yeah, I've already been expecting this. But I don't get why you would think this.
I'm glad, you ask. I just think rape also has some benefits. Even when it comes to rape, children may be born. People only see the bad sides.
And it's not just a way to justify when you rape somebody? Uh, I kind of doubt that's the reason. You're a girl after all.
You're right about that. I wouldn't rape someone.
So... it's about you? You want to be raped?
Eww, no! Nobody would want to be raped. Besides that, it wouldn't be real rape, if I want it, right?
Uhm..., okay. But you would like it if more guys just fucked you without explicit consent?
Not really.
Guys probably assume, that's the case, when they see your shirt.
I doubt most guys would understand it like this. Most guys are pretty nice here. And that's the problem. They're just too nice.
Oh. But if you wear such a shirt...
Yeah, I get how some guys might get it wrong. But that's not my point.
And what if they get it wrong?
Normally nothing, I guess. Only occassionally a guy gets uncomfortably close to me. But usually they don't rape me.
Uhm, so... only usually?
Once one even succeeded. I hated it.
Oh...
It's fine. I guess that's the price I have to pay for my activism.
So what is your point now?
Most guys are always way too concerned about my well being. They don't want to touch me. They should rather take the risk of raping me than to ask for every step they take. "Can I hug you?", "Is it okay to give you a kiss?", "Would you mind if I touched you there?", "Would you like to see it?"... It's getting annoying. But normally they aren't even getting this far.
Maybe you just didn't get to know the right guys. I don't think, we ever had this problem where I come from.
Maybe you're right. But to me this happens a lot. It's a huge problem among young boys. They want to come across as nice, they probably don't know better, but in the end...
But is acceptance of rape really a good solution?
In times like this it's the only solution which might work. Many People from villages and other places come to the city. But the city population is still shrinking, just because boys are too hesitant when it comes to sex now. If rape was acceptable, most of them probably wouldn't even rape someone, but at least dare to go way further than they currently do. And even if they would, a situation like this requires drastical measures. Even such drastical measures will likely only be able to restore the balance where the society is less prudent about sex. If I'd only support a less prudent society, nothing will be achieved.
I have to laugh.
I don't think the city is a prudent society. I've already made some experiences.
Maybe you. But let me guess. Either your experiences were just fictional, or with another girl.
Uhm..., how do you know?
That's pretty common. People usually get intimate only with very close friends. Else people tend to keep a huge distance. Especially boys don't dare to get close to girls, who didn't explicitly state their consent in their profile. And even if girls state their consent in some way, they are often just seen as sluts, not as someone they could have a relationship with. This usually doesn't lead to children.
Is this really that bad?
And while we don't get children on our own, more and more people from everywhere around the world are coming in. And they cause the city become even more prudent in the end.
I am from a village. And it's rather the other way around. The city doesn't get prudent because of me, I already became way more open, when it comes to sexuality. I watched... videos.
Oh, I didn't expect you to be from a village. But you're not the common village girl. You'e just an exception. The actual problem remains.
I don't think, people in villages are that prudent to begin with. For example a friend of mine worked in the butcher shop. She regularly got slapped on her ass by the butcher.
Oh, I didn't know. That's already pretty close to rape, isn't it?
I knew, you'd see it like this. But no, not at all. Touching each other like this is just normal there. We have much more casual body contact to strangers in general. But we don't think of this as anything sexual at all. Even if it's meant in a sexual way, sex is just not such a huge topic there. So we normally don't see things like that as sexual. It's just a normal fun interaction.
When I think about it now, many things they do in my village could be considered sexual. When I met boys, we usually hugged each other, and they put their hands on my ass. When older people crossed my path, we accidentally get pretty close to each other. We often just changed in front of adults and didn't think about anything. Especially nudity in the family is just very common. I still would undress in front of my parents without worrying about it.
I probably have to overthink something. That's might already pretty close to the attitude I have in mind.
Maybe our views really are closer than we thought. If you want, you can accompany when I visit my village one day.
Sure. Let me just add you.
She takes out her screen and points it at me.
So your name is Frieda, right?
Yeah, how do you know?
I saw your online profile.
When did I enter my name online? It must be related to the registration at the education center.
I'm Cora.
Hey, nice to meet you.
I'll write you. See you.
Sure, we'll... write. See you...?
She leaves me. I wonder if we're really able to stay in contact. I still don't even know how this works.
But I kind of doubt, I'd never see her again.
Frieda is walking around in the city on her own. When she suddenly notices a girl, who seems to endorse rape, she can't believe her and wants to know more about her thoughts.