A human being, man or woman, always has the right to say no to a sexual engagement he or she does not want at that moment,”Alankrita Shrivastava, director of Lipstick Under My Burkha, tells me. Consent, however, is not always black and white; it may be implied or expressed. While a categorical yes or no defines expressed consent, how does one wade through the grey regions of implied consent? Well, watch out for the signs. What is your partner’s body language, is he or she comfortable, is your partner proactive or just lying still and only moving when you ask her to? The true meaning of consensual sex is yet to be discovered by most couples.
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