Sexual Consent, Milena Popova
Sexual Consent, Milena Popova
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Sexual Consent

Author: Milena Popova

Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/07/2019


Synopsis

An introduction to issues of sexual consent, covering key strands of feminist thought, how sexual consent is negotiated in practice, the influence of popular culture, and more.

The #MeToo movement has focused public attention on the issue of sexual consent. People of all genders, from all walks of life, have stepped forward to tell their stories of sexual harassment and violation. In a predictable backlash, others have taken to mass media to inquire plaintively if "flirting" is now forbidden. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a nuanced introduction to sexual consent by a writer who is both a scholar and an activist on this issue.

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," and describes what factors might limit individual agency in such negotiations. It examines how popular culture, including pornography, romance fiction, and sex advice manuals, shapes our ideas of consent; explores the communities at the forefront of consent activism; and considers what meaningful social change in this area might look like.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Molly on November 01, 2020

Sexual Consent by Milena Popova I didn’t think this book was going to be as great as it is when I picked it up from the thrift store. I thought it was going to be a basic introduction to sexual consent. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it is a very in-depth, feminist, anti-carceral examin......more

Goodreads review by Antía S on October 30, 2021

Consentimiento sexual es un libro corto pero con el que aprendes de por vida. Lo devoré en una sola tarde y la verdad es que más allá de haberme cambiado la perspectiva que tenía acerca del consentimiento sexual, ha conseguido que sea más consciente de la importancia que tiene, así como de la necesi......more

Goodreads review by Cedric on May 05, 2020

Recommended by a friend, it does have a lot of interesting passages that I want to revisit, but for some reason it just kindof erked me how sloppy it got RIGHT at the end: "It is interesting that the two men for whom post-#MeToo justice (in one case through the legal system, in the other through seve......more

Goodreads review by doug on February 14, 2021

Quick read, lots of intro to theory and not too deep but super dry- not sure what I was/am looking for but I think this is a good starting point for cis men like myself who were taught what is now very outdated stuff. I appreciated the fairly easy to digest introduction to how definitions of sex in......more

Goodreads review by Anna on June 05, 2022

I really like reading about feminism and sociology through the lens of either hookup culture or sex more generally. This book was a good overview of consent, without being too simplistic but also without really diving into things that I thought could've been awarded a greater depth of discussion. I......more