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SLEEP ISNT CONSENT

from I Never Asked by GRAVEL

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Being unconscious means
I
Said
NO

I was only sleeping just like the boys do
passed out after a couple of brews
I was awoken, much to my dismay
some stupid fuck was trying to 'have his way'
"What are you doing? How dare you offend. Aren't you supposed to be my friend?"
"You made it too easy with your eyes shut. Because isn't every girl just my slut?"

When I told someone they just rolled their eyes
"Didn't you know that when you slept next to a guy?"
WHAT THE FUCK does that mean?
It doesn't make any sense
Because if I'm asleep, then how the fuck can I consent?
But it's not just me, it happens all the time
And often dismissed as not a real crime
They are told to look at me like I am an object
Not a living breathing person to respect

They try to press this sick mentality
the messed idea: 'you know how the boys can be'
It's a toxic lie that we are fed from so young
That girls just exist for some boy's fun
There's no excuse; there's no escape
I'm not mistaken it's just fucking rape
So just quit this excuse game
It's our sick culture that is to blame

sleep isn't consent
it's not something I dreamt
this violence can't be condoned
my body is mine to own

BOYS WON'T BE BOYS
GIRLS AREN'T FUCK TOYS
BOYS WON'T BE BOYS
GIRLS AREN'T FUCK TOYS

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from I Never Asked, released July 13, 2016

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