Consent: Why Enthusiasm is Non-Negotiable

11 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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Genuine consent requires 100% enthusiasm from both people, not just a lack of no. The speaker warns that pressure tactics work because people have learned they do, but they destroy real respect and connection.

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Do you really want to do anything, especially sexual, with anyone who is not 100% enthusiastic and engaged? I'm hoping the answer is fuck no, no, okay, huh-uh, no, not for me. So cultivate that priority of honoring other people's boundaries above what you want from them, even if that means you not only don't get what you want, but you may miss out on some of what you might have gotten if you continued the pressure tactics. Because the reason a lot of us do pressure tactics is because we have learned that they get us what we want.