It should be a culture of making each other feel good, not bad.Īnd if that’s the goal, then consent doesn’t work if we relegate it exclusively to the sexual realm. A culture of consent should be a culture of care for the other person, of seeing and honoring another’s humanity and finding ways to engage in sex while keeping our humanity intact. … But in the days and weeks after, I was left thinking that our culture’s current approach to consent is too narrow.
She decides our Society must change so that guys don’t love her and leave her so fast. She feels hurt, despite all the permissions she gave. He comes round once more for sex, then disappears. She is impressed he asks permission for every step of the process, like an Antioch College RA in 1994.
Summary: 30 year old woman invites 24-year-old guy she sees on Tinder over to her apartment. He Asked Permission to Touch, but Not to GhostĪ culture of consent, one woman argues, should be less about self-protection and more about genuine care for the other person.
