The Consent Workshop Tiwa Savage's Sex Tape Blackmail Should Change Our View On Sex

Tiwa Savage’s Sex Tape Blackmail Should Change Our View On Sex

Although Tiwa Savage has a new project out, the Water & Garri EP which features one of America’s enduring RnB forebearers Brandy, public attention shifted to a rather private matter concerning the singer recently. Going live on New York-based radio station Power 105.1 FM to disclose her plight of being blackmailed with her sex tape, Savage’s privacy was turned inside out again. It seemed like a preemptive action, to lessen the windfall around such news catching everyone unawares. Not new to controversies and tribulations since her career became a bonafide force in the industry and beyond, we as bystanders have come to associate all these with the choppy terrain of celebrity.  What she has grappled… Read More

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The Consent Workshop Clubhouse Has a Verbal Sexual Harassment Problem

Clubhouse Has a Verbal Sexual Harassment Problem

While we often associate sexual harassment with physical spaces, like parks, schools, malls, offices, etc, there seems to be no limit to where it can occur. With the advent of social media, sexual harassment has embedded itself on the text and visual platforms. Like offline environments, the advances are usually unsolicited and uncollaborative, often leaning into the existing power dynamic between men and women. Nonetheless, we aren’t dismissing how women can also be perpetrators. Emboldened by the option of anonymity, perpetrators can get away without immediate consequences. Inappropriate sexual jokes, sending nude pictures, requesting sexual favours are just some of the examples that can take place. The arrival of Clubhouse… Read More

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The Consent Workshop Trans Disclosure And Consent: Which Comes First?

Trans Disclosure And Consent: Which Comes First?

The trans identity has generated tensions, more in recent times, around social acceptance, playing sports, serving in the military, accessing bathrooms and healthcare. The dating space isn’t immune to these tensions, also. Dating while trans is a dangerous minefield trans people have been – and are still – navigating. What makes it dangerous is the issue of disclosure, a kind of ethical responsibility put on trans communities to reveal to the other party that they are trans. Not just dating but also casual sex, or whatever frame of engagement is taking place. And in a world where trans people don’t have the luxury of safety, these engagements are usually approached… Read More

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The Consent Workshop Yes, consent applies to asexual people too

Yes, consent applies to asexual people too

Because the language of consent is often deployed to attractions that are precise or popular, we run the risk of excluding others who navigate attraction differently. Asexuality, the sexual orientation that involves little or no sexual attraction, hasn’t much been explored vis-à-vis consent. To some degree, the queer community also fails to recognise asexuals (or aces) and as Pride grinds to a halt, it’s become even more imperative to busts some myths surrounding asexuality and how consent can be applied to their identity.  First, I would like to acknowledge that I’m not asexual and don’t speak for the asexual community. I’m only writing from the standpoint of observing boundaries regardless… Read More

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The Consent Workshop Safeguarding the Human Rights of Women

Safeguarding the Human Rights of Women

Abstract The disparity between the male and female gender has been a source of concern in many quarters of the world. This is due to the continuous abuse of women’s rights and their relegation in terms of policy and decision-making. This article seeks to discuss instances women’s rights are relegated and efforts to create equal access for women by eradicating practices that are repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. The question is whether these efforts can safeguard women’s rights to ensure equitable growth and sustainable development, considering this ill-treatment of women has gone on from generation to generation?   Introduction Human rights are basic fundamental rights inherent in all… Read More

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