Woman Power Zone

The Power of Consent


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On this episode Ariel talks about how vital the power of consent is to protect you legally, emotionally, and physically.

Offenses involving forced sex accounted for 60.4% of the total violent crime analyzed between 2019 and 2021, according to DegreeChoice’s findings. Xavier University, University of Michigan, Drexel University in Philadelphia, Ohio State University and Harvard University ranked as the top five schools with the highest rates of reported rape making up the campus’ violent crime. Instances of rape qualified for at least 89.5% of the violent crimes committed at the aforementioned schools, with Xavier University reporting 98.8% of all violent crime was reported cases of rape.

According to The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), one of the largest nonprofit anti-sexual assault nonprofits in the U.S., only 20% of female students aged 18-24 reported sexual assault to law enforcement.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • When you’re on Facebook and you see those questions like “What type of cat/mermaid/whatever are you?” or you buy a supposedly free app that takes your information and sells it to a third-party provider, you are the product. You’re giving anyone who’s collecting that information about you for them to sell to someone else or use it to market and advertise to you.
  • If you’re dating and a man expects you to pay attention to him just because he’s talking to you, or to make him happy by catering to his ego, or expects you to send compromising photos of yourself just because he sent you unsolicited D-pics and acts all hurt and upset because you say no, these situations are all areas where you can use the power of consent.
  • We give consent when we sign implied contracts authorising the use of our images just by uploading them on social media, or when we go in for a medical appointment and we expect our provider to keep our information confidential and safe. We also give consent when we sign permission slips for our kids to go on school field-trips, but one of the things that’s not always obvious and is in the fine print is that we’re also absolving those schools of any leal of medical responsibility if something should happen to our children, that’s why it’s sometimes a good idea to get an additional insurance policy that covers situations like that.
  • Most of us are way too permissive with our emotional boundaries. We’ll give in to someone, we’ll let them pressure us to do something that we shouldn’t be doing or isn’t quite right just to make them happy. We’re also way too permissive with our bodies and our boundaries and our legal information.

BEST MOMENTS
“Too often I see people, especially women, giving away access to our legal rights, our money, our emotion real estate, and our bodies, often to be nice, make peace, or people-please. DON’T!”
“Consent is key.”
“Don’t put something up on social media that you intend to sell, like a photograph because there’s an implication that you are giving them rights to your images and they could contest that if you were to sell them elsewhere.”
“Read the terms and conditions (Ts&Cs), they crop up everywhere – especially gym contracts, you wouldn’t believe what you’re signing up for.”

ABOUT THE HOST
Ariel is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, Empath and Psychic who has been involved in holistic healing since 1988. She is also an educator, speaker, author and mentor for empaths, spiritual seekers and medical professionals. To reach Ariel, go to www.arielhubbard.com, where you will be able to contact her directly.  Please let her know you heard her on the podcast and the assistance you need or question you have.

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