“Yes Means Yes,” and Other Ways Consent Is Sexy: A Quick Guide

I’m an enormous fan of the Quick & Easy Guides put out by Limerence Press. They are unintimidating, clear, concise, and pretty cheap, so that they aren’t solely good, impactful reads, however they might even be straightforward to purchase further copies to offer to others. I positively did that with the Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns in addition to the one on Queer & Trans Identities.

As it says within the title, this installment is about consent — particularly consent in intercourse, relationships, and different bodily contact. The info on this e book is way from the customarily widespread and typically oversimplified “no means no” recommendation. This e book focuses on and reinforces enthusiastic, knowledgeable, energetic consent, additionally known as “yes means yes.” Affirmative consent implies that regardless of the folks concerned are doing, they’re all actually desirous about doing it. This framework focuses on folks eager to do one thing and not simply prepared to do one thing.

Our information by this e book is Sargent Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry. They are witty and charming, and I might enterprise to say that this e book might be extra express consent coaching than most individuals get. One of a very powerful issues is that this e book is actually constructive. It’s much less about hazard round each nook and extra about how consent isn’t solely good and essential, however getting and giving consent will also be enjoyable and horny in itself.

This e book doesn’t actually cowl legal guidelines, as a result of legal guidelines range and are depending on many issues, similar to time and geographic location. This e book does, nonetheless, make it very clear that consent is for all gender identities, and the folks drawn on this comedian are various with regard to race, gender, and orientation. Sexual violence is certainly mentioned, however there are not any visible depictions or graphic descriptions.

If you’re pondering to your self, “How can there be a whole entire book, even a small book, on consent?” then it may be in your finest curiosity to learn this e book!