Kimi Shy

Photo by Harits Mustya Pratama on Unsplash Unless you have been under a rock, you know about the #metoo and #timesup movements. I am Nigerian so somehow in my mind it's happening across a sea that requires expensive tickets and hard work to get papers for assess so it's kind of abstract, in a periphery, not for me. But I think it's relevant here too. Women here should be banding together to stop this confusion there seems to be about consent. We all know someone that has been in funny confusing situations like this. Maybe it’s even a personal experience. I know I have been; there are a few that stand out. One of those university holidays I came home and for lack of anything better to do I agreed to go out with a guy friend of mine.  I knew he was interested in dating but I had seriously friend zoned him. He took me out and at the end of the date (note a date to me) he wanted to make out in the car. I clearly remember saying no, but it seemed to me as i...