Rethinking the concept of consent for anti-sexual violence activism and education Melanie Ann Beres
By: Beres, Melanie A
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ArticleSeries: Feminism & Psychology.Publisher: Sage, 2014Subject(s): ATTITUDES | CONSENT | YOUNG PEOPLE | PREVENTION | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | NEW ZEALAND | CANADAOnline resources: Read the abstract
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Feminism & Psychology, 2014, 24(3): 373-389Summary: Sexual violence prevention has shifted from centering around a message of ‘no means no’ toward a message of ‘get consent.’ This paper explores how young adults conceptualise consent in relation to how they talked about expressing a willingness to participate in sex. The analysis here argues that understandings of consent are disconnected from how young people understand communication about sex. (from the abstract). In this paper, the author compares the way that young adults who engaged in heterosex talk about understanding and communicating their own and their partners’ willingness to have sex with how they talk about consent. This research is based on two sets of data, one from western Canada, the other from New Zealand. Record #4641
Feminism & Psychology, 2014, 24(3): 373-389
Sexual violence prevention has shifted from centering around a message of ‘no means no’ toward a message of ‘get consent.’ This paper explores how young adults conceptualise consent in relation to how they talked about expressing a willingness to participate in sex. The analysis here argues that understandings of consent are disconnected from how young people understand communication about sex. (from the abstract). In this paper, the author compares the way that young adults who engaged in heterosex talk about understanding and communicating their own and their partners’ willingness to have sex with how they talk about consent. This research is based on two sets of data, one from western Canada, the other from New Zealand. Record #4641
