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

How films influence consent.

28 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of a lecture, the speaker highlights the disparity between the massive exposure young people have to sexual images—estimated at one million by age 18—and the near‑absence of explicit consent dialogues in mainstream film and video. By asking the audience to recall any passionate scene where characters ask for consent, the speaker demonstrates that such moments are virtually nonexistent in popular media, underscoring how media norms fail to model consensual behavior. The rhetorical questioning and audience interaction serve to emphasize the need for more visible consent communication in media representations.

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What's another reason people don't ask? What is it? Yes? You never see it in the media. You never see it in the media. All right, so let's go there. Great point. Can any— by the time you have hit age 18, they say you've seen 1 million sexual images. Isn't that interesting? Between video and images, right? So, knowing that, how many of you can name a passionate, hot, sexy scene where you saw 2 people ask in a film? Raise your hand if you can think of that film. Now, we have hundreds of people in here. Do we have zero hands up?