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84. Relationship Anarchy: The Romance Myth and Navigating Jealousy with Dean Spade

Modern Anarchy

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How to Say No to Sex

I'm a sexual assault survivor and that was something that was definitely really tough for me of like being able to say no in dynamics that I didn't want. When we're having these desires taking a moment of mindfulness to pause and try to assess where is this coming from, she says. She has a seven step process for de-escalating a crush because sometimes you are like you get crushed out on someone  and it's actually not the right time place or person Like your employee in an environment with a lot of power dynamics can escalate into inappropriate behavior. We don't have scarcity story about sex and there's a kind of scarcity story about love and romance as well according to her book

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