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casual innuendo discourse 

I have existed in environments where "Haha [innuendo about thing someone just said]" was just expected behavior and I definitely did it too. I mostly broke the habit quite while back, though I still slip up now and again.

However, if you're still in the habit of making those jokes, if you still have social circles in which they're common... please just... make them untargeted if they must be made at all. Please do not ever make them in reference to the body of someone who has not consented to that kind of joking around and especially someone with which you don't even have an existing sexual relationship with. It can be immensely triggering to be on the receiving end of that kind of joke.

And if you've done this around me and/or to me, I am not seeking an apology. I do not want an apology. I cannot handle direct confrontation about incidents like this (for several reasons, not the least of which because I don't have access to the therapy I'd need after such a confrontation.) I just want to forget that it happened and assume it won't happen again.

NOTE: If the shoe is on the other foot and I have made that kind of joke at your expense, the above non-confrontation thing doesn't apply and you are absolutely allowed to confront me about it in whatever way you deem necessary.

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