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THE NEW EROS JOURNAL PAGE 7
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WITH THOUSANDS OF WOMEN COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR STORIES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT FOLLOWING THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN REVELATIONS IT’S WORTH RESTATING SOME (HOPEFULLY OBVIOUS) FACTS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT IN IN A SEX RELATED INDUSTRY — AS A A WORKER OR OR AS BUSINESS OWNER — DOES NOT GIVE ANOTHER PERSON ENTITLEMENT OVER A WOMAN’S BODY IT DOES NOT EXCUSE ASSAULT IT DOES NOT EXCUSE HARASSMENT NOR DOES IT EXCUSE ‘PUSHING BOUNDARIES’ OR OTHER MISOGYNISTIC BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY SEXUALITY IS WONDERFUL
AND DIVERSE NONE OF THE STATEMENTS ABOVE ARE
DESIGNED TO KINK-SHAME OR LIMIT SOMEONE EXPLORING THEIR DESIRES BUT THE THE HEART OF OUR INDUSTRY MUST BE CLEAR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT ANYTHING LESS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED 
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