‘You Are Not Your Own:’ Only Selfish Wives Say No
3. The Illusion of Consent
Last week, I talked about how the “freedom of choice” presented in these books was an illusion to mask the fact that these books actually only give women the freedom to choose from one option.
Though these books talked of choices and of empowerment, we saw how the language of choice was a fraud for women who were not married. The only choice that the books really gave unmarried women was the choice to say no to sex.
Surely even these books give married women the option to choose whether or not to have sex, though, right?
Well. No.
Only Selfish Wives Say No.