Consent Culture: A Conversation – CONSENT CULTURE. One of the things that was important to me with “Ask: Building Consent Culture” is that I wanted to encourage people to think critically about what a consent culture could look like.
I didn’t want to offer blueprints and maps, because I don’t believe that we’re even there yet- we need to go back to the very basics and rework our understanding of what consent, and our relationship to it, essentially is. Consent is a living document. With that in mind, I’ll be curating a Medium publication, “Consent Culture: A Conversation”. Everything I post on there will be a reflection of some aspect of consent culture, in all aspects of life.
I may not always agree with the conclusions the author comes to, but it should always spur some critical thought. Consent Culture: A Conversation. How I Learned to Talk (In Bed): Why This Queer Woman Cares About Consent. I came into the consent movement almost by accident.
It was a hot and sticky Washington, D.C. summer and I was 18, straight, and a feminist. I stumbled onto a conference about preventing violence against women and I went to it on a whim. And I met Nancy Schwartzman. One email later, I was her intern. It was the summer of 2009, and I would wear sundresses to Nancy’s office around three times a week. National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence. CONTEXTUALIZING CONSENT, Partners in Social Change (volume XVI, issue 2), Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Olympia, WA: Summer 2013.
Copyright © 2013 Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. DEMYSTIFYING DATA: A GUIDE TO USING EVIDENCE TO IMPROVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS, Ragnar Anderson, Christine Panchaud, Susheela Singh and Katherine Watson, Guttmacher Institute and International Planned Parenthood Federation, New York, NY: 2013, reprinted 2014. Copyright © 2013-14 Guttmacher Institute. ELIMINATING FORCE FROM CAMPUS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICIES: THE RISE OF THE CONSENT CONSTRUCT, Katie Koestner and Brett A.
Le consentement – le langage de l’amour. The Consent Revolution. Here are some links to resources that we feel are useful and insightful.
This list is not exhaustive but we believe is a good starting point to start the conversation and education on consent. Feel free to also suggest you own personal favourite articles! How to talk about consent with your kids. Let’s play a game to practice consent. Pretend you are asking someone to make out.
Click the wheel to see what their answer is. Hot Diggity That’s an enthusiastic yes. Projects/Resources. Below is the companion to the consent workshop zine on safer sex and relationships called: Consent is part of my operating system with some sweet robot graphics, artwork, safe sex pointer-roos, and some practice scripts to help you find the right words in difficult situations.
(Scripts were lovingly borrowed from scarleteen.org) Check it out! Safer Sex and Relationships Zine Presenting Break the Silence’s newly created zine: How to Put Together Your Own Consent Workshop! Including in-depth workshop curriculum to use or adapt with definitions and activities, how to be a good facilitator, resources, and more. Consent 101 Overview: Make Your Move! Missoula — Make Your Move! Asking for What You Want. Al Vernacchio: Sex needs a new metaphor. Here's one ...