Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

Choose to hookup when both of you are of sound mind.

12 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this interactive workshop segment, the facilitator asks the audience to identify common settings where hookups begin, highlighting parties as the most frequent. The discussion then focuses on how alcohol and other substances can impair judgment, using a hypothetical scenario involving two friends, Jesse and Aaron. Aaron drinks to the point of being no longer of sound mind, while Jesse remains relatively sober. The facilitator emphasizes that for a hookup to be consensual, both individuals must be of sound mind, and probes the audience on how often such imbalanced situations occur, revealing that many perceive them as common.

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So the question is, where do these hookups often begin? Yell out situations and scenarios where hookups often begin. Parties! All right, I heard parties the loudest. What's at the party that can have such a huge influence? Alcohol! All right, so everybody's going alcohol. All right, now, we're not saying that alcohol is always involved, but clearly by your answer, it could be, or other drugs. So let's say that's the case. We walk into a party. Over here is the alcohol. Next to the alcohol, 2 of our friends. We're going to say our friends' names. Uh, we're gonna go with Jesse and Aaron. Now, if your name is Jesse or Aaron, I'm not referring to you in the scene, just names I happen to choose. Jesse's really into Aaron, giving Aaron a lot of alcohol, and Aaron's choosing to drink the alcohol to the point Aaron's no longer of sound mind. What's interesting here is Jesse. Jesse's drinking very little alcohol. Now, if you think Jesse might be doing that to get some, just go ahead and yell, get some! Get some! Does that scene happen a little bit or a lot? A lot. A lot.