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Home » consent

Tag: consent

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How not to be that professor

by Dan Savage November 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Dan Savage reads the riot act to a professor sleeping with former students, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Quickies

by Dan Savage August 21, 2019August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a would-be dynamic duo, a wannabe male unicorn, and more.

Posted inNews & Politics

Sexual miseducation

by Maya Dukmasova July 24, 2019August 18, 2021

In an era of unprecedented attention to gender violence, Latinx organizers demand CPS address shortcomings.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Furry porn, cuckolding, water sports

by Dan Savage January 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Advice on navigating consent and pleasure

Posted inMusic

Our Music My Body wants conversations about harassment and consent to include the concert scene

by Jack Riedy January 21, 2019August 18, 2021

Folks who’d like to volunteer with the Our Music My Body campaign can attend a free training this weekend in the Loop.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Sixty-two and wondering what to settle for sexually after a new partner turns out to prefer his own hand

by Dan Savage September 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Is it so wrong to want to be desired? Plus: yes, women can be cuckolds, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

No sparks, no soap, no sex—what’s a nice guy to do?

by Dan Savage November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage on the rules of the game post Weinstein

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When SPH invites DTMFA . . .

by Dan Savage November 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a man whose partner wants to “humiliate” him about his “small pee-pee, and more.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘What is the appropriate amount of side boob?’

by Dan Savage September 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage answers this and other burning questions from a live appearance in San Francisco.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Don’t call her a cougar!

by Dan Savage June 2, 2016August 18, 2021

But is she an escape hatch? Plus: crazy sleazy starts and joyless marital sex

"The line between buzzed enough to go for it and too drunk to consent can be fuzzy and subjective."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Blurring the hookup

by Dan Savage May 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on giving and acknowledging consent, resuscitating a dead sex life, and rolling with the kinks.

Will you sleep with me? Leave your answer in triplicate on my desk by Monday.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Negotiating teenage polyamory

by Dan Savage May 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Dan on “yes means yes”—and knowing how to say “no”

To spank or not to spank?
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Should I feel guilty about my spanking kink?

by Dan Savage December 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Dan Savage counsels a man into spanking now involved with a woman who was formerly abused, a woman who’s longtime boyfriend had a one-night stand with someone much younger, and a young woman avid to learn about BDSM.

Posted inBlogs

Internal Affairs: How Ayn Rand Followers Rationalize “Welcomed” Rape

by Amanda Hess March 10, 2010August 19, 2021

How Ayn Rand’s young followers react to her less-than-consensual sex scenes.

Posted inBlogs

Deconstructing Rape Myths: On Short Skirts (On Lesbians)

by Amanda Hess March 10, 2010August 19, 2021

Why rape is not one big misunderstanding.

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