In the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been a lot of focus on consent. However, that focus takes the spotlight away from other strategies that can better inform ethical sex.
Teaching people how to give and understand consent isn’t going to prevent sexual violence because sexual violence isn’t usually about misunderstanding.
The issue isn't that consent as a social standard prevents bad action. The issue is that the bad action is recognized as such socially, and so women who are assaulted can be credibly received.
Consent doesn’t require meaningful, collaborative decision-making between partners.
No casual social interaction does. We're talking about flirting and fooling around, not permitting a condo.
Consent doesn’t disrupt the stereotypes that support sexual violence.
That's absolutely not true. The example they site is very explicitly non-consensuel by any reasonable definition.
Consent can be used as an excuse for sexual violence.
The issue isn't that consent as a social standard prevents bad action. The issue is that the bad action is recognized as such socially, and so women who are assaulted can be credibly received.
No casual social interaction does. We're talking about flirting and fooling around, not permitting a condo.
That's absolutely not true. The example they site is very explicitly non-consensuel by any reasonable definition.
Not a good one.