Editing Sexual consent (section)

===Unwanted sexual activity===
Unwanted sexual activity can involve rape or other sexual assault, but it may also be distinguished from them. Jesse Ford, the author of a 2018 study that showed that men are having unwanted sex with women to "prove they are not gay", states that "[a]ll sexual assault is unwanted sex, but not all unwanted sex is sexual assault."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/15/men-unwanted-sex-women-not-gay/ |title=Men admit to having unwanted sex with women to 'prove they are not gay' or 'weird' |last=Franklin |first=Lauren |date=15 July 2018 |website=www.pinknews.co.uk |publisher=Pink News |access-date=4 August 2018 |quote=}} </ref>

A 1998 study showed that both men and women "consen[t] to unwanted sexual activity" in heterosexual dating; in these cases, they consented to unwanted sex to satisfy their partner, "promote [[intimacy]]", or avoid tension in the relationship".<ref name="O'Sullivan">O'Sullivan, Lucia F., Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice. "Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships". p. 234-243. ''The Journal of Sex Research''. Volume 35, 1998 - Issue 311. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499809551938</ref>The authors argue that estimates of "unwanted (nonconsensual) sexual experiences" may confound nonconsensual sex and consensual sex.<ref name="O'Sullivan"/>