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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But situations regarding the handling of power dynamics and standards of consent/coercion absolutely should be reversible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, consent is non-negotiable. I understood the comic as depicting a consenting couple.

As for power dynamics, I'm certainly not on board with her having communicated, she had an emergency. That is just disrespectful. But that one looks bad on both genders.
The existence of power dynamics in a relationship in general always looks bad, for both sides, in my opinion.