Showing posts with label Consent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consent. Show all posts

Friday, March 21, 2014

Consent

Hey everyone!

So I have decided for my Friday entries I will be posting my
faviourte video of the week for now on. This can be a video from YouTube, a
Vine (I occasionally watch them), and even just a movie that I watched that I
think other people would like. Basically they will be a “what have I watched
this week post” and might also sometimes feature an article if I come across
one that I feel other people need to see. The reason that I am starting this is
because I am on my computer every day, watching videos, TV shows, and movies so
I thought I would share that part of my life with everyone else.

The video that I am featuring this week is on the more serious side of things and is a video by
charlieissocoollike who is a YouTuber that I am subscribed to and his videos
are fantastic. They are mostly vlog like videos but he has also made some short
films and has done some collaborations. This video is called Sex & Consent
and it is basically a video about consent during sex, and how no means no even
if you didn’t say no.  He talked about
how any type of sign that another other partner didn’t appear to be into the
sexual activity that it should stop, even if the other person didn’t directly
say no. Something like this may happen to you in the future and I want you to be prepared with what to do.

I am being very honest right now, and will say that something
like this has happened to me in the past. I wasn’t physically forced to do something
but I knew at the time my partner wanted me to participate in sexual activity
that I wasn’t ready for but in the heat of things I was pushed to do something
that I knew I didn’t want to do, and I know I didn’t say anything but it was
pretty obvious that I didn’t want to participate. I gave in to what he wanted
because at that time I had only had one boyfriend and was very inexperienced
with things so I did what he wanted, fearing that if I didn’t that our time
together would have been over. I know now what he did was wrong and I was wrong
for not saying anything but it’s in the past and I can’t do anything about it
now. What I can do though is tell YOU to do the opposite thing that I did in
that situation because I regret not saying no, and not pushing for what I wanted.

Sorry, if that was information that maybe you didn’t want to
read, but I want people to know that it is not okay if their partner or others
are making them participate in things that they do not consent to. I have
posted the video down below if you are interested in watching it, I highly recommend!
It is both a serious video with a few bits of comedy so if you ware one to not
like completely serious videos, you’ll probably like it.



Not all the videos I post will entail such serious topics,
most will be comedy, but when I saw this I wanted to get this message across to
more people. Anyways enjoy the video and if you have any questions let me know!



Take care! xxx