Consent — the voluntary, informed and at-any-moment revocable agreement of everyone involved to a specific interaction.
What it means
Consent is usually described through several features: it is given freely, without pressure; it is informed; it is specific to the situation; and it can be withdrawn at any moment. Silence or the absence of a “no” does not count as consent. Consent is the foundation of respectful relationships and any intimate practices, from vanilla to kink. Checking it is not a formality but a way of caring: desires can change right in the moment.
Example
Before a new step, a partner directly asks whether it feels comfortable and pays close attention to the answer — including the possibility of changing one’s mind. That is what consent looks like in practice.
Related terms
Safeword, boundaries in relationships, BDSM, I Dare You.
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