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Consent and "Enthusiastic Maybe"

Come As You Are

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What's the Cultural Definition of Consent?

In the 1950s, there was no such thing as consent within a marriage. In college, enthusiastic verbal yes means yes. 10 years ago, I started talking about willing consent to make space for responsive desire. "A lot of this stuff just clings like it will not let go," she says.

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