Well, I’m not sure I can really feel myself in that position and mindset, but I suppose that if I couldn’t outright say that sexual assault is okay or doesn’t really exist, I’d try to discredit the victims of sexual assault and the ideas that define it. So focusing on the ideas that consent doesn’t need to be given explicitly, can’t simply be taken back once given, doubting the claims of people who say they never gave it, and trying to downplay its importance as much as possible.
‘Well, she may not have said yes, but did she ever say “no”? Oh, she did? But didn’t she also say “yes” just before or after that? How do we know she didn’t? Why should we trust her? I’m not saying she couldn’t have changed her mind, but how was *he* supposed to know? Why are we always so quick to accuse the man without stopping to think for a second? And why are we making such a big deal of it, anyway? Look, she’s looks fine and perfectly healthy. What exactly does she mean by “traumatised”? Is that what we’re calling mild discomfort now? Or did she just make it up? I’m not saying she did, but I’m inviting you to think about this while reading these conveniently placed accounts of women who almost certainly have.’
Stuff like that, I guess! Only with more care put into the form, assuming I cared enough to spend the time and effort. (Also sorry if these do not display rhetorical strategies well enough; nothing better came to mind.) :gutkato_ŝultrumas_disokule: