cat-astrophiez:

I’m not here to discuss whether or not Tyrion has internalized misogynistic tendencies or even whether or not Tyrion is an all-around good guy (actually, I think the second would be a pretty ridiculous discussion to have, given the nature of ASoIaF). What I’m here to discuss…

Just wanting to add/clarify, not only for 13 year old boys, but for ALL penis owners, here’s the thing: an erection does not equal willingness to have sex. I cannot speak for all persons with penises, but all I ever discussed this with have confirmed that they, too, like me, do NOT have complete control over their erections. Sometimes, when they want to have one, they may be unable to ‘get it up’; at other times, even though they do not want to, they have an erection. So saying Tyrion’s erection was not a sign that he “wanted it”, because he was a boy, is BULLSHIT: boy or man or otherwise identifying person, an erection in itself is never the same as consent or even as interest, and treating it as such can constitute rape apologism, because sex involving an unwilling person’s erect penis is rape.