In recent years, many sex educators have been promoting the notion of
enthusiastic consent, emphasizing that rather than focusing on "No means no," sexual partners should focus on "Yes means yes" as a more proactive way of gauging consent.
The #MeToo Movement Hasn't Led to a Better Understanding of Consent
Understanding
enthusiastic consent and partner autonomy should be front and centre of any respectful-relationships discussion.
Sex on Screen: HOW TO TALK ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY: The rapid advance of the internet into all aspects of our lives has brought with it near-ubiquitous access to pornography, and ever younger viewers of it. While there are good reasons to be concerned about the impact this may be having on the development of young people's sexual attitudes and self-image, CATHERINE MANNING argues that attentive, sex-positive discussion remains the best remedy
"Affirmative consent," in other words, really means "
enthusiastic consent." And no matter how enthusiastic, there will still be the potential for "he said, she said" confusion.
AFTER THE PERVALANCHE
We've got a workshop on
enthusiastic consent in BDSM at the same time as a lecture on sexuality after cancer.
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Another student, Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij believes that Brown University is known to be more sexually open than any average university and one of the things that students really advocate on campus is free and
enthusiastic consent. ( ANI )
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Enthusiastic consent, also called enthusiastic participation, requires the presence of yes and decreases the possibility of misreading someone's body language or other cues during sex play.
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They told police that the girl - a student working part-time in a golf club bar - had given "
enthusiastic consent".
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