The speaker argues that unwanted pregnancy and sexual assault are fundamentally different because pregnancy results from personal choice while assault is non-consensual violence. Sexual assault represents the worst-case scenario in sexual activity and can lead to murder.
This is a slope of sexual activity, and what we want to discuss is what's the worst case scenario down there on the left. What's worst case scenario? Okay, rape or sexual assault. Is that a whole different ballgame than a bad TV show? Seriously, we got to be honest here. Is that a whole different ballgame, yes or no? Yes. Somebody yelled pregnancy. Fair, you could say, well, an unexpected pregnancy. However, that's not in the realm of sexual violence. If you sit down with a parent who has had a child who had an unexpected pregnancy, from a choice they made, you're going to say that's a consequence that happens from that choice. Very different than a parent who says, my child was sexually assaulted and/or raped, and that was done against my child's wishes. They had no choice in the situation. They're not even in the same discussion, right? Sexual assault is by far the worst thing that can happen involving sexual activity, and sometimes that can actually lead to murder. We've actually seen that happen in this country. We've seen that worldwide.
