As we reported in our last edition, France recently legislated a major change to redefine rape as sex without clearly expressed consent. However, a similar proposal in Italy, supported by both Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her center-left rival Elly Schlein, has run into political obstacles due to objections from Meloni’s coalition partner, Deputy PM […]
Sex Researchers Create Their Own Porn
A research project from Portugal has developed three standardized pornographic film clips meant for use in testing heterosexual male subjects’ ability to recognize and appropriately respond to a woman’s cues expressing consent or non-consent. Each 90-second film clip depicted the face of the same actress experiencing intercourse with an off-camera male: in one she showed […]
Fresh off the press: Sex Beyond “Yes”
Georgetown philosophy professor Quill R Kukla’s most recent book Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone is a much needed treatise on sexual pleasure. Sex, for many sexual subjects, is afflicted with a variety of contemporary concerns. Specifically, trauma, abuse, guilt, shame, and moral confusion are part and parcel of many a sex life. […]
Junior Hockey Players’ Sexual Assault Acquittal Sparks all the Usual Debates over Consent
A high-profile Canadian case involving five ex world junior hockey players ended on July 24th when all players were acquitted of criminal charges. The case revolved around a group sex episode, seven years prior, that occurred after a Hockey Canada Foundation Gala & Golf event the players had attended. A lawyer for one of the accused referenced the […]