Friends With Benefits Quotes

“Make sure your fun is not mocking someone’s pain and your enjoyment is not another’s suffering. The melody of your ears must not be the cries of a powerless.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus instead we are all people. Deal with it.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Convincing someone to have sex is the same as manipulation and does not actually count as getting consent.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Practically, speaking up against street harassment is not about being a hero, getting credit points to be in the good books of a girl or a chance to impress anyone. It is about making sure that everyone has the right to enjoy that spring breeze, golden clouds and chirping without feeling uncomfortable.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Hooking up with people who do not care about your happiness or you; is a serious and big decision. If you do decide to hook up, you must have a good reason for it just as you would to have a relationship.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Be an active bystander because sooner or later you or someone you love could be a victim too.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“If you choose to engage in one night stands, make sure you have a good reason and peer pressure is NOT one.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“I find it easier to claim that I am friends with a monkey rather than with a man.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Friendship is the underlying element, the common denominator of every relationship.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Maslow did not make two different pyramids, one for men and one for women. He did not differentiate in identifying what men want and what women want.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“Not one person on earth is immune to crime and trauma.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“While there will always be someone who may dislike you, there are others who will like you for who you are.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence