In episode of 5 of Embrace Dilsah, Michelle and Kendra talk about consent. Michelle (she/her) is a rape survivor and Dilsah (she/her/they/them) is a survivor of violences.

In this discussion Michelle and Dilsah critique the lack of consent education they received as children and young people. They also pull apart ‘contractual’ notions of consent (as influenced by the criminal justice system) and explore what consent feels like in their bodies. Consent is thought about both in terms of creating and maintaining boundaries as well as consent that enables and sustains pleasure. Again, in the spirit of ‘emergent theory’, Michelle and Dilsah talk about consent issues they are currently wrestling with & untangling.

Embrace music by Squidgenini

Embrace art by Elly Malone

Embrace is a project of BRISSC, the Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre (www.brissc.org.au).

References:

‘Sex for One’ by Betty Dodson

‘Emergent Strategy’ by Adrienne Marie Brown

Practice 3: Exploring Edges Through Stretching

Embrace: A Podcast for Survivors by Survivors about Sex and IntimacyBy BRISSC (Brisbane R&I Survivors Support Centre) Feb 14, 2021