Change the culture by always giving your partner a choice.
In this monologue, the speaker reflects on reading a legal definition of consent, which emphasizes that consent must be explicitly asked for. Realizing that they had never been taught to ask for consent, the speaker surveys friends and more passive partners, discovering that asking is not a common practice and that many people assume a partner either goes along with advances or stops them after the fact. The speaker characterizes this as a culture built on predatory behavior, where one party makes a move until the other stops it, and highlights the problem that individuals often lack a clear choice. The overall message calls for a cultural shift toward always offering a clear, explicit choice to partners, thereby aligning everyday interactions with the legal standard of consent.
