Everyday Feminism
5.22.16 | Ellen Kate
(Content Warning: sexual violence, rape culture, alcohol use)
The first time I formally learned about consent was in grad school.
I was training as a peer sexuality educator, and we did an exercise where we had to decide which activities needed to be discussed with a partner: “Do you need consent to hug someone?” the facilitator asked. “To hold hands? What about to kiss?”
I remember feeling like the whole thing was rather juvenile. I mean, was I really supposed to tell college students that they needed to get permission for any physical contact? Who was going to buy into that?
A decade and a half later, it seems the answer is actually quite a lot of people! In the intervening years, both my understanding of consent and the general cultural conversations about it have come a long way.
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