Person A Laci Green's new video... I can't give consent to anyone in power? She mentioned teachers. I have a pretty strong desire to fuck one of my TAs, but guess I can't now because apparently I can't give consent. I like how she tells me what I can't do. She acts like she's empowering women, yet saying that I can't give consent to someone is the opposite of empowerment.

Person B Teachers are in a position of power, especially teachers of underaged students. They can threaten students with compliance and/or silence. We can’t allow a few that give consent because teachers are in a position to force students to say that they consented. Again especially the underaged one’s.

A teacher has an unreasonable amount of power over an underaged student. They can mess up their grades, their school records, they can get the students expelled, tell lies to the parents. A teacher doesn’t generally need proof, just accusations, to be listened to. Unless the kid is very resiliant and smart (wich not all are), he will stand no chance. We usually think of our teachers as kindhearted people that won’t do such things, this is not about those teachers. That you can’t have sex with your students is about the predators that would do that.

Laci Green was absolutely ridiculous in saying that you can’t fuck fans. There is no actual power until you (the fan) give them (the star), but although you are able to consent to teachers, we still shouldn’t allow that for underaged students over the age of consent.

Person A Okay, so what about in the case of a student over the age of consent who is also of age? Laci did not in ANY way say that you cannot give consent to someone of power if you are underage/not at the age of consent. I don’t think anyone thinks that a 12 year old student can give consent to their 40 year old teacher, or anything of that nature. Laci said that you can NOT give consent to someone in power. Anyone in power. And that’s what’s bullshit. If I or any other man or woman wants to have sex with someone that has power of them, they sure as hell can. Because they WANT to.

What I am getting is "Power should not be a reason to disallow a consensual interaction. However I will now use power as a reason to disallow a consensual interaction because I don't like that specific interaction."

One quote that sticks with me because it applies to children.

She acts like she's empowering women children, yet saying that I can't give consent to someone is the opposite of empowerment.

Exactly. The whole "they have the right to say no!" movement is not about rights or empowerment. It is about forcing children to do what they want. Having the right to say no is fine, but it can't exist without the right to say yes. Forcing a child to say either or is not empowering and in fact makes abuse much easier.