Focusing on consent ignores better ways of preventing sexual violence
In plain language, the main point is this: an argument that affirmative-consent messaging alone is insufficient for preventing sexual violence and that ethical sexual culture also requires attention to coercion, power, care, and collaborative decision-making.
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The practical lesson is to treat consent as shared, changing information. A script helps only when people can pause, disagree, and change their minds without punishment. The key boundary is that it cannot establish Legal advice or a replacement for local consent law and evidence-based prevention guidance.
Why it matters: This account demonstrates that consent depends on communication, context, and power—not simply the absence of a no. It gives readers a practical reason to check in before, during, and after intimacy.
Purpose and scope
Offers a clearly attributed critique that can deepen a consent collection beyond procedural ‘yes/no’ framing.
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Findings or central themes
An argument that affirmative-consent messaging alone is insufficient for preventing sexual violence and that ethical sexual culture also requires attention to coercion, power, care, and collaborative decision-making.
Strengths
Directly relevant to the library topic and retained with a stable source citation and explicit evidence label.
Limitations
Legal advice or a replacement for local consent law and evidence-based prevention guidance
Do not use this source to claim: Legal advice or a replacement for local consent law and evidence-based prevention guidance
Citation and access
Nicole K. Jeffrey (2023). Focusing on consent ignores better ways of preventing sexual violence. The Conversation
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