Hi!! I have a bit of a complicated relationship with gender so I do fall under the trans umbrella technically. I saw this discussion and I think it’s potentially a good idea here— lots of opportunities for important conversations.
If a feeder fattens you up without your consent, this is abuse. I would consider it rape due to the sexual element.
Struka0918:
Seconded. Consent is incredibly important in all sexual (and others!) situations.
I should also bring up that consent can be revoked at any time! So, while, if someone said yes to something initially, they could say “no” later on, and the proper thing to do is to stop. If they continue, that counts as rape, since the act is no longer desired.
A lot of people unfortunately struggle with setting boundaries or saying no, myself included. I still struggle with it to this day. If you’re one of those people— it’s not your fault. There are just some nasty folks in this world who should know better, but alas…
The advice I can only give to that is self advocacy. Work on yourself, understand your emotions, your strengths and weaknesses. I’m a naturally shy, soft spoken person irl. I practically quadruple check everything I say (which is mentally exhausting) because I’m afraid of being “rude”, (I also have autism— likely alters my experiences as well). Improvement may be slow, but having confidence can go a long way. Easier said than done, but I’d be willing to go into a more in-depth discussion on this (based around my own personal experience).
Speaking of boundaries…
Having them in your bio (not just here but on different sites) can (sometimes) help. Of course the real creeps will look right past them, but I think they’re still important to have. Can work in a way that you quote a line in your bio to them, say “hey, my bio/page explicitly says not to do what you’re doing right now, stop it”. And just draw a line.
Then you can move on to informing others about potential creeps as well. Safety in numbers! You only know what you know, we’re not mindreaders here. So if someone is dangerous, don’t keep it to yourself. Keep records of someone’s weird behaviour. Don’t forget it (and you do not need to forgive it either, even if the person has claimed to change, that is up to you).
I’m not the greatest at giving tips, sorry. Most of this has just been from other people I’ve been around. Being so shy even on the internet, meant I managed to avoid a lot of the creeps, even when I was younger. But I am going to follow this discussion anyways, and contribute in the ways that I can.
I mean a lot of people need to hear things like this. These are novel concepts to some people.