"But the most damaging thing that happens when we leave pleas..." — Jaclyn Friedman

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But the most damaging thing that happens when we leave pleasure out of sex ed is that we allow girls to go on thinking that sex is something that’s not really for or about them.

— Jaclyn Friedman

I’m a sexual consent educator. Here’s what’s missing in the Aziz Ansari conversation.

Affirmative Consent MeToo #metoo Sexual Assault Awareness Sexual Coercion Rape Culture Female Pleasure Prioritizing Female Pleasure Consent Education Sex Education

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