How We’ve Normalized Sexual Coercion And How To Flip The Script

How do I talk about all of the moments that weren’t healthy, but were also clearly not rape? How do I talk about what seems so normal?

Steph Auteri
Nov 6 · 10 min read

y first instance of penetrative sex was coercive. I was 19, he was 25; we had been with each other for barely a month and up until…

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Steph Auteri

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Writer with a focus on women’s health and sexuality / author of A DIRTY WORD

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