Art of Consent

Links to Articles on Consent

There has been an explosion of great writing and improved understanding around consent in the last couple of years.  Here is a small 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

• Consent Accidents versus Consent Violations

• 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?

CONSENT AND COVID

• How Safe Sex Communication Skills Help with Covid-19

• Negotiating Consent as Lockdown Eases

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RELATIONSHIPS

• On Being 'Seducible'

• Enthusiastic versus Explicit Consent

• Why People sometimes find Sex Dull

• BDSM 101: Consent, Consent, Consent

• Nuances of Desire and Arousal

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

TRAUMA

• Understanding Trauma

• The Four 'F's

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

• BOOK: Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness - David Treleaven

• Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory

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

• From Trauma-Informed Care to Healing-Centred Engagement

YOUNG PEOPLE

• Good Touch Protects for a Lifetime

• Consent Skills for Children

• How to Talk to your Children about Consent

• Ways Parents Unintentionally Teach Consent Doesn't Matter

• Consent at Every Age

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