Police launch sexual consent campaign comparing rape to forcing people to drink cups of tea

'If you can understand how completely ludicrous it is to force people to have tea when they don’t want tea, then how hard is it to understand when it comes to sex?'

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A new police campaign on sexual consent is using tea as part of an analogy to describe assault and rape.

Thames Valley Police’s "Consent is Everything" drive includes a three-minute video showing stick figures making, drinking or refusing tea and forcing it down each other’s throats in different circumstances.

“If you’re still struggling with consent, just imagine that instead of initiating sex, you’re making them a cup of tea,” the voiceover says.

“You can make them a cup of tea but be aware that they might not drink it and if they don’t drink it - and this is the important bit - don’t make them drink it.

“And if they say ‘no thank you’, then don’t make them tea. At all. Just don’t make them tea. Don’t make them drink tea, don’t get annoyed at them for not wanting tea, they just don’t want tea, ok?”

After emphasising that even if people say yes to tea, they can change their mind, the video explores the issue with someone who passes out in the middle of tea-making.

“Unconscious people don’t want tea and they can’t answer the question ‘do you want tea?’ Because they are unconscious,” it continues.

Enforcing the point that consent on one occasion is not permanent, the video describes how saying yes to “tea around your house last Saturday” doesn’t mean they want hot drinks all week.

“If you can understand how completely ludicrous it is to force people to have tea when they don’t want tea, and you are able to understand when people don’t want tea, then how hard is it to understand when it comes to sex?” the voiceover concludes.


'Unconscious people don't want tea,' the voiceover says

Consent: It’s as Simple as Tea was originally created by Blue Seat Studios and scripted by blogger Rockstar Dinosaur Pirate Princess.

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