Art of Consent

Links to Articles on Consent

There has been an abundance of great writing and improved understanding around consent in recent years.  Here is selection of some of the pieces we’ve found helpful:

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​GETTING STARTED

• Consent 101: "Its as Simple as Tea"

• Consent 201: How Complicated is Consent?

• Consent 301: Betty Martin's Wheel of Consent videos

• Embodied Consent

• Self-Consent: An Introduction

• All About Boundaries

• Twelve Ways to say "No" Gracefully

• Meg-John Barker's Consent checklist

• The Wheel of Consent and Why I'm a Fan

• Sex & Consent: It's Time To Go Beyond The Rules

• When is someone too Drunk to give Consent?

• Can BDSM teach us what we're missing on consent?

• How to Avoid Unwanted Hugs

CONSENT AND COVID

• How Safe Sex Communication Skills Help with Covid-19

• Negotiating Consent as Lockdown Eases

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RELATIONSHIP CONSENT

• On Being 'Seducible'

• Enthusiastic versus Explicit Consent

• Why People sometimes find Sex Dull

• BDSM 101: Consent, Consent, Consent

• Nuances of Desire and Arousal

• Consent  in different types of relationship

POWER AND PRIVILEGE

• Navigating Sex for those in Positions of Power

• Consent, Power and Spirituality

• The Female Price of Male Pleasure

• From #metoo to Reclaiming the Pleasure of Consent

• Does Anyone Have the Right to Sex?

• Desire, Preference, or Conditioning?

• Consent and the Problem of Violence Against Women

• The Myth of the Male Bumbler

• Consent, Power and Abuse

CONSENT VIOLATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• How to Get Help after a Sexual Assault

• What Is Accountability?

• What is Restorative Justice?

• Consent Accountability Processes

• 'Messy' Consent

• How to Respond to Sexual Abuse Within a Spiritual Community

• What You Can Do When You’ve Crossed Someone’s Boundaries

• What To Do if You Are The One Accused of a Consent Violation

• What To Do if Your Friend Gets Called Out

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TRAUMA AND CONSENT

• Understanding Trauma

• The Four 'F's

• When Agreement is Not Consent

• Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory

• 7 Subtle Signs Your Trauma Response is to ‘Fawn'

• From Trauma-Informed Care to Healing-Centred Engagement

• BOOK: The Politics of Trauma - Staci K. Haines

• BOOK: Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness - David Treleaven

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YOUNG PEOPLE AND CONSENT

• Good Touch Protects for a Lifetime

• Consent Skills for Children

• BOOK - "Talking Consent" workbook for Schools

• How to Talk to your Children about Consent

• Ways Parents Unintentionally Teach Consent Doesn't Matter

• Consent at Every Age

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MEG-JOHN BARKER'S BOOKS AND BLOGS

• Free books: Consent, Trauma & Plurality

• Published books: Sexuality, Gender, etc.

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