What Affirmative Consent Looks Like
- Sep, 09, 2014
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sexual politics
- 6 Comments.
It’s been really excited to see the progress of California Senate Bill 967. If it gets signed, it will require all universities that receive financial aid to use a standard of “affirmative consent” in disciplinary hearings about sexual assault. In a nutshell, it shifts things from “did anyone say no?” to “did everyone say yes?” […]
Read MoreWhat Does Pushing Boundaries in BDSM Mean?
- Aug, 15, 2012
- Charlie Glickman
- sex & culture, sexual communities, sexual practices
- 11 Comments.
In some of the (mostly online) discussions I’ve seen around BDSM & kink, there’s a sticking point that seems to come up over and over. What does it mean when people say that they get turned on by “pushing boundaries”? I think this is worth unpacking because there are at least two different meanings to […]
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Naomi Wolf: Why Rape is Different
- Sep, 07, 2011
- Charlie Glickman
- sexual politics
- 9 Comments.
Ms Wolf- I recently ran across your article, Why is Rape Different?, in which you argue that allowing rape survivors to remain anonymous when we don’t do the same for any other crime victim infantilizes women and makes rape prosecutions more difficult. Although you wrote this some months ago, it’s still bouncing around on twitter, […]
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