There’s a gray area when it comes to sexual consent. This is where a lot of the pain and trauma happens, and messaging around consent and bodily autonomy often begins in childhood. Think about the times as a kid did your parents unconsciously force you to hug or kiss another adult when you really didn’t want to? Seemingly innocent, right? It’s far too easy to get the wrong message that other people’s comfort comes before our autonomy. Think about the…
