Practice clear, ongoing consent
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The idea in everyday life
Ask, listen, check capacity and freedom, respect changes, and stop when agreement is absent or unclear.
Consent is a conversation for the specific activity—not a permanent permission created by a relationship, prior yes, or silence.
One step at a time.
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- 1
Ask directly and specifically, without pressure, while checking that the person has capacity, information, freedom, and a real option to decline.
- 2
Listen for an active agreement and for words, body language, hesitation, freezing, intoxication, sleep, fear, age, or power conditions that require stopping.
- 3
Check in as an activity changes, accept withdrawal immediately, and never use gifts, status, persistence, anger, or consequences to obtain agreement.
See how it works.
Alex hears uncertainty, stops, checks what the other person wants, and accepts the answer without asking again that night.
Did you cover these?
- Your work includes a consent decision checklist and six practice scenarios showing ask, response, check-in, stop, and aftercare communication.
- Check this common mistake: Treating silence, lack of resistance, flirting, clothing, a previous yes, or being in a relationship as current consent.
- You can identify when consent is absent or compromised and demonstrate asking and stopping without pressure.
What to finish
A consent decision checklist and six practice scenarios showing ask, response, check-in, stop, and aftercare communication.
Watch for this
Treating silence, lack of resistance, flirting, clothing, a previous yes, or being in a relationship as current consent.
How can I tell I understand it?
You can identify when consent is absent or compromised and demonstrate asking and stopping without pressure.
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Relationship Goals: Equality & Respect
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