Violating consent is a process of objectification, dehumanization, and disrespect--yet we live within a system that requires us to put up with this violation daily. Conversations around consent require vulnerability, honesty, and an ability to receive another's truth without defensiveness or judgment--but when survival asks us to put our vulnerability aside, to stifle and numb our feelings, how are we supposed to cultivate and prioritize consent? The answer lies in healing, in softness, in safety, in love.