Join this interactive discussion and learn how to talk about what you’d like to do and how to understand what your partners want from you. These tips make it easy to be sure that everyone is on the same page and able to consent. We’ll also talk about kinky activities, where you need to agree before you start on what kind of force and restraint you’ll be doing together. We’ll explain the liability issues for nonmonogamy and kink that may affect you, and show you what a good consent policy for events looks like. Come and get all of your questions answered!
How to Ask for What You Want
Saturday, May 2nd
10:30 am
Room: Tempe
101
Key Takeaways
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Identify the things you need to discuss with potential partners.
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Understand the things that may impact someone’s ability to consent.
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Distinguish what is serious injury and therefore cannot be consented to.
Susan Wright (she/her) founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and serves as Executive Director. She currently chairs the Consent Counts Committee that worked with the American Law Institute to revise the Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault to create Section 213:10 Explicit Prior Permission for consent to kink. She also chaired NCSF’s successful DSM Revision Project which helped result in the consensual paraphilias being separated from the Paraphilic Disorders in the DSM-5 (2013). Susan’s research focuses on discrimination and violence against alt-sex practitioners, consent practices and attitudes, and the mental and physical health of alt-sex practitioners, with 23 papers published in professional journals.