Sexual Consent Audiobook (Free)

An introduction to problems of sexual consent, covering key strands of feminist thought, how intimate consent is negotiated used, the impact of popular lifestyle, and more.

The #MeToo movement has focused public attention on the problem of sexual consent. Folks of all genders, from all walks of life, possess stepped forwards to tell their tales of intimate harassment and violation. Within a predictable backlash, others have taken to media to inquire plaintively if ‘flirting’ is currently forbidden..LEARNING MUCH MORE on the subject of Sexual Consent This quantity in the MIT Press Necessary Knowledge series offers a nuanced introduction to sexual consent with a writer who’s both a scholar and an activist upon this issue.

This book presents key strands of feminist thought on the subject of sexual consent from across academic and activist communities and covers the annals of research on consent in such fields as psychology and feminist legal studies. It discusses how intimate consent is negotiated in practice, from ‘No means no’ to ‘Yes means yes,’ and represents what factors might limit individual company in such negotiations. It examines how well-known lifestyle, including pornography, love fiction, and sex information manuals, forms our ideas of consent; explores the communities on the forefront of consent activism; and considers what significant social change in this area might look like.