MEP S&D Cecilia Strada made this statement during a press briefing at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “When a man is robbed, do you ask him if he said no to his robber? No, that would be absurd,” the MEP said, emphasizing how the opposite is true for women, so that they can prove they said “no” in front of the rape. “Science tells us, faced with a shocking element, one answer could be freezing, not having said no, it doesn’t mean consensus, just yes means yes,” Strada concluded.