A popular belief is that whatever takes place in private between consenting adults should be allowed. This is the first book to offer a systematic philosophical examination of what might be meant by consent and what role it should play in the context of sexual activity.Investigating the adequacy of
Sexual Consent
โ Scribed by Popova, Milena
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The #MeToo movement has focused public attention on the issue of sexual consent. This book presents key strands of feminist thought on the subject of sexual consent from across academic and activist communities and covers the history of research on consent in such fields as psychology and feminist legal studies. It discusses how sexual consent is negotiated in practice, from "No means no" to "Yes means yes."
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128 pages ; 24 cm