No one is pretending anything. Chang only shows his mean and bullying side to Ed. So Ed has only experienced Chang trolling and giving him threats regarding his debt. It was change who kept emphasizing that benevolent push the deadline back further and suggested that Ed either sells his body or his organs. When he isn't being a threatening jerk, he is trolling Ed. Just like in the chapter where Ed was trying to meet up with McQueen. Ed mentioned this is one of the tactics Chang used to get under his skin and control him. Chang has been in control of Ed since Ed was young. With his every interaction with Chang, Ed can't defy him. Why is that? We the readers can see Chang struggling but Ed can't. But Chang can read Ed like a book, just like McQueen and Eds co workers could. Ed is written as a naive man who still has innocence despite his situation and was to acknowledged and loved.
Since you want to play that angle, at the very beginning she. Ed came to his door and saw it was Chang, he IMMEDIATELY turned to walk away and Chang stopped him by threatening to call the police in his boss. So who really provoked who first. That's extortion.
That's also in chapter 52.
It is a form of sexual assault true. BUT, as I will repeat groping someone and raping someone are different degrees of sexual assaults.
Don't we have first, second, third degree murders? Shouldn't there be an argument that murder is nonetheless murder? But it doesn't work that way.
I'm not saying Ed is stupid, he was maybe fully aware of his provocations. But what I'm talking about is-
Chang had the power to push away Ed, if wanted to. Ed didn't.
It's like, we are saying: a girl gropes a guy, so the guy can rape her. But the fault is 50/50.
It's not. I'm not saying Ed is blameless. It's just that what Chang did was more awful.
That's what I'd like to state again. Just cause someone is selling themselves, doesn't mean one can rape them.
You've literally been 'assaulted' before and out here victim blaming?
I get that what chang did was horribly wrong but it was also ed who started it and did all that stuff to taunt chang. you guys are only focusing on one side of the story. (╬￣皿￣)凸