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As we're celebrating September as Sexual Health awareness month, with sexual health and sex comes a very important aspect which one doesn't really always talk about i. e. Consent.
Consent is NON-BINARY, because every individual irrespective of his/her/their sexuality are supposed to be involved and give their consent. Even if somebody is already involved with someone or in a relationship consent is still necessary.
Yesterday I watched a beautiful short film by the dating app Tinder titled 'Closure' about consent.
https://youtu.be/6b-K9OzVo-c
The movie simply and shortly describes the idea of consent in relationships, and how in general people feel entitled or take their partners to do things only because they're in a relationship, hence forgetting the idea of Consent.
Thus, Consent is about freely and fully giving permission to one's partner and understanding their sexual behavior, needs and wants.
To understand Consent one needs to:
-Know what exactly is sexual behavior.
- Understands, and is able to communicate his or her or their own feelings to their partners and is able to choose whether or not to engage in a particular behavior with a particular partner at a particular time and place.
- Knows how to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Talk to their partners about their previous partners or relationships, and have conversations about babies and pregnancies.
- Respect each other's preferences and choices in terms of sexuality, and also in terms of relationship.
- Seek permission/ ask for Consent, and have conversations, that's the only way to move forward.
Because it all starts and ends with Consent, and Consent is important, it's necessary and it's amazing.
My Silence does not Give anyone a Consent!
If it's not a Yes, then it's a NO!
And no always means a NO.