How you can help create

consent culture

• Not raping people
• No street harassing
• Asking for consent
• Respecting the answer

• Listen to the likes and

dislikes of your partner
Creating
• Not pushing boundaries
• Being a good bystander (if a Consent
Culture
you see something, do
something)
• Stopping when you are
asked or told to stop

Sources:

The University of British Columbia:

[Link]

Canadian Federation of Students- Ontario:

[Link] How to contribute to a positive
[Link] culture of consent on our university
Only with Consent: [Link] campus
culture






It goes beyond just Ask First and Ask

consent sex and applied to Every Time
(kənˈsent): noun everyday
While it might seem awkward
interactions…
at first, eventually it will
an enthusiastic, voluntary, anything from become natural. The more we
“yes” sharing a photo of ask the more “normal” it will
someone to asking be to ask someone if they want
before you give a to make out/hook up/have sex
not implied with you. With the culture of
hug. consent, there is not
not the absence of a “no” embarrassment about asking
someone if they want it.

can be revoked at any time It is also important to respect

“no” or anything that isn’t an
enthusiastic, 100% “yes” in
either words or actions. By
Consent Culture asking you are showing that
you value person and their
Consent Culture is making the
own decisions.
focus of sex the idea of mutual *from the University of British Columbia
consent. That means no one is
forced into anything, everyone’s
bodily autonomy is respected, and
that each person is the best judge
of their own needs and wants.
Consent for all activities must be
ongoing, freely given, informed,
and enthusiastic.
* from the Candian Federation fo Students- Ontario

 Consent – how to get it

STAMP
PLACE

HERE
• The person seeking or initiating sex is
responsible for getting consent.
• Ask yourself if the other person is
capable of giving consent.
The 6
• If they are on drugs or too drunk, asleep
or unconscious they cannot choose.
• Some people living with a mental health
Elements of
problem, a learning disability or a head
injury may not have the capacity to
consent.
Consent
• You can confirm if you have consent by
• A Mutually Respected checking the other person’s body
language and by asking them.
Agreement • Check with them each time you start a
new type of sexual activity.
• Enthusiasm
• Check with them on each occasion you
• Responsibility of the start any sexual conduct.
• Look at their body language and facial
Initiator expression to see if they are eager and
comfortable.
• Step by Step
• Ask them if they are okay.
• Cannot be Held to a • If they seem unhappy, or you are not
sure they are consenting, stop.
Predetermined • Silence, or the absence of a “no”, does
Agreement not guarantee somebody is consenting.
• A clear affirmative freely-given “yes”
• Best Practiced Sober indicates consent.

*taken from [Link]

 A Mutually Respected Responsibility of the Cannot be held to a pre-
Agreement Initiator determined agreement

• For those who can and choose to use • The person who wishes to initiate any • Consent is not a contract and people
verbal communication… it is very act (such as holding hands, making out, can change their minds at any time.
important to talk to each other. cuddling) or who wishes to change an
• Our wants and desires are fluid and just
act (such as switching from kissing to
• Respect when your partner says ”yes” because someone agrees to something
touching) is responsible for starting or
• Respect when your partner says “no” earlier does not mean that they can’t
initiating the conversation about consent change their minds.
• Listen to your partner and pay attention with their partner
to their words, feelings, and context.

Enthusiasm Step by Step Best Practiced Sober

• Enthusiasm is a felt sense in yourself • Just because you have established • Consent is best practiced sober as when
and in the partner you are engaging consent for one activity, does not mean someone is drunk their reasoning is
with. that consent has been given for all impaired and they are not in a sound
• First, check yourself. Do you feel activities. mind to make a decision.
excited? • For example, just because someone • When someone is drunk, they cannot
• Second, check with your partner. Do consented to dance with someone else, give consent.
they feel excited? does not mean they consented to be
touched. Or just because someone
• If you or your partner have doubts,
consented to making out, does not
don’t proceed.
mean they consented to having sex.
Sources:
Consent is Everything:
[Link]
heLaw
The antiviolence project:
[Link]

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AND
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Understanding cross-cultural CONSENT
AROUND
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Pegram, S. E., & Woerner, J. (2015,
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THE
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Relationships to Rape Supportive
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HOW SEXUAL
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ticles/PMC4491036/#R63 CULTURE NORM

 COUNTRIES Sexual Assault in CONSEQUENCES
WITH A CULTURE Different OF THE VICTIMS
OF VIOLENCE Countries
For victims:
Countries that have many
sexual assaults experience As for sexual assault it is also a learned A victim who was recently sexually assaulted
will most likely struggle with negative
high levels of conflict and behavior in other countries. reactions speaking about their sexual 
violence. Some researcher assault experience and could be blamed for
found that traditional settings, When looking at sexual violence: getting assaulted and will be traumatized for
the rest of their life.
such as, churches and "Sexual Violence is a practice and can be linked
family networks have a to a bigger kind of violence within their society. Women who has been sexually abused tend
high correspondence to lack of to be depressed and may think about
It can encourage young boy/men to be
killing themselves.
social organization. sexually aggressive." (Sanday, 2006, P. 2).
Some countries are violent With this encouragement, perpetrators will "The social stigma resulting from sexual
abuse is higher in Asian cultures where
because other people grew up think that a "woman’s agreement to any anything with sexual connotations is highly
with violence in their lives, sexual activity constitutes her willingness to stigmatized" (Kalra and Bhugra, 2013, P. 19).
making them think that engage in whatever sexual activities they
violence is a norm. desire" (William and Pollard, 2003, P. 19).

"Cultural aspects of sexual violence can be

understood from observations and literature
on interpersonal violence (IPV) in the context of
sexual acts." (Kalra and Bhugra, 2013, P. 6).