Consent is still consent.

No is still no.

If this whole story played out with a sex worker instead of Grace, would it mean they'd have no right to feel these same feelings?

Why? Because money? She still would have a right to be uncomfortable, and may have to give back money or whatever, but the feelings would still be valid.

And Aziz didn't want a sex worker, or else maybe he WOULD have paid for it. Maybe he has. But ultimately this is a woman that approached him, who seemed to feel him, and he assumed back that her interest was all inclusive.

I feel for her and her story and experience, but the moral of the story has to be as much "say what you mean/feel" as it is "dudes be less creepy".

If she were INTO it and it was just a play by play of an enjoyed experience, would that put Aziz in better light? I feel like the only thing missing is her "no". She said she didn't want to fuck, and they didn't....but everything else not said "no" to seems to have been on the table and carried out. There are as many reasons for why that consensually the case as to why he'd just be a creep for not picking up on nonverbal communication.