Our Lives Matter S1E39: The Biology of Consent

Our Lives Matter

Aug 22 2024 | 00:28:58

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Show Notes

Men and women have a lot of different feelings surrounding sex. Some of those feeling can lead men to not notice, not care, or not feel it’s important, that women don’t consent to having sex with them. If we frame our discussions about sex and consent in terms of our different biology, instincts, and sex motivations, it’s easy to understand what consent means and why it’s always important, no matter how badly a man wants to have sex. ACT I Scene 1 [108 bpm] I’m going to be talking about sexual assault in this episode again. Our story of…

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