The Problem With Consent (and The Solution)
Americans are set up for failure and life-damning consequences over consent. While consent is all the rage these days, as it should be, the problem is that consent is a lot more complicated than it seems to be initially on the surface. And we don’t see consent modeled nor is it taught how to navigate its many nuances. The consequences are severe: miscommunication, conflict, hurt feelings, & sexual assault – both real and falsely accused. Reputations and lives are ruined with crippling trauma and, for the falsely accused, jail time, a lifetime of stigmatization & banishment from […]