The insidious slide from willing to tolerating
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the way I can unconsciously slide from a state of enthusiasm to a state of being...
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Consent and Systemic inequity
When I talk about systemic inequity as a factor in consent, it can be confusing to people. Am I saying that people who are marginalized...
Changing your Mind and consent
One of the messages about consent that I wish every young person knew is this: No matter what, no matter when, no matter with who, when...
Top 5 Tips for Talking to young People about consent
Here are my top 5 tips for talking to the young people in your life about consent! Consent is about so much more than sex! Talk to your...
Desire Smuggling and consent
Being able to clearly ask for what we want is essential to consent. When we can’t ask for what we want, we do something called “desire...
What does the Freeze Response Have to do with Consent?
What is the Freeze Response and what does it have to do with consent? Most of us have heard of the autonomic Fight and Flight responses...
Talking to your kids about consent - 5 tips
There are so many things to say about talking to your kids about consent. Whether they’re younger or older, your kids need to be learning...
Consent and the Holidays: 5 Ways to Practice
The holidays are a great time to practice your consent skills and model what you’ve learned! We see friends and relatives that we haven’t...
Should they even be asking?
Consent between people becomes much more complicated when they have significantly differing positions of power in the world. In some...
Is Consent Always An enthusiastic yes?
The latest consent motto is “Anything but an enthusiastic Yes is a No!” That has led to some confusion, because often we consent to...
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