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...
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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 for your kids! We see friends and relatives...
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...
Learning to Hear “No.”
Most of us have a hard time hearing “No”. It often feels like rejection, or even as an indictment of the very core of who we are. We are...
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