“The Alcohol Blackout” written by Sarah Hepola is an article attempting to explain and define consent when it comes to experiencing sex. Hepola intertwines her own experiences with those of others, she also provides facts about what exactly a blackout is to show us how complicated consent could become. Consent during sex is a real serious matter that has never had one straight forward definition. A lot of facts could play in to if there was consent or not, for example, if somebody is drunk or under the influence of drugs. Hepola explains how all her drinking and waking up with someone in her bed wasn 't rape to her, but when others hear her stories they take issue. Her argument about what constitutes consent brings up many valid points
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She provides facts about college students who have experienced blackouts, for example, “in the spring of 2015 more than 20 percent of first-year students had reported having a blackout in the previous twelve months.” Blackouts are a large part of Hepola’s argument, she knows how blackouts work and she knows that people no longer realize what they 're doing when they get black out drunk. She explains how there is no clear means to tell if someone is in a blackout, they don 't slur their speech or seem drunk. By providing facts and clearly stating what a black out is she is focusing on how alcohol surpasses the inhibitions and can make you completely unaware of what’s going on around you. Blackouts are the main reason sexual assault cases even come up. Someone gets blackout drunk and doesn 't recall giving consent to the person they woke up next to. If consent was truly defined, then there wouldn 't be as many assault cases, but too many facts play into what constitutes as consent. There have been dozens of rape cases of people claiming to be in a blackout and not clearly giving consent to the other person. Hepola explains how this is the problem because somebody might have drunkenly said yes, but then woken up in the morning and changed their mind, does this really mean it was
She provides facts about college students who have experienced blackouts, for example, “in the spring of 2015 more than 20 percent of first-year students had reported having a blackout in the previous twelve months.” Blackouts are a large part of Hepola’s argument, she knows how blackouts work and she knows that people no longer realize what they 're doing when they get black out drunk. She explains how there is no clear means to tell if someone is in a blackout, they don 't slur their speech or seem drunk. By providing facts and clearly stating what a black out is she is focusing on how alcohol surpasses the inhibitions and can make you completely unaware of what’s going on around you. Blackouts are the main reason sexual assault cases even come up. Someone gets blackout drunk and doesn 't recall giving consent to the person they woke up next to. If consent was truly defined, then there wouldn 't be as many assault cases, but too many facts play into what constitutes as consent. There have been dozens of rape cases of people claiming to be in a blackout and not clearly giving consent to the other person. Hepola explains how this is the problem because somebody might have drunkenly said yes, but then woken up in the morning and changed their mind, does this really mean it was