All Human Beings Have the Right to Say No to Sex

And Men, You Can Too!

Krys Ghislaine
7 min readMay 18, 2021

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All Humans Have the Right to Say No to Sex

We can all agree that consent matters. Asking for, and giving consent before engaging in any sexual activity is the gold standard. Sex positive writers, educators, ambassadors, etc. have done an exemplary job of putting information into the world that communicates how, when, and why consent is so important. And this is in large part to the brave people who shared their stories with the #MeToo movement. They started voicing and calling out the dirty underbelly of our society that had gone unheard for so long. #MeToo continues to be a flagship hashtag that sheds light on rape, harassment, and the violation of woman’s rights. And by extension, giving people the tools they need to be better sexual beings, and for the purposes of this article giving all human beings the right to choose when they want to have sex. I hope in my lifetime I will see saying yes to sex as the universal norm, regardless of culture, race, religion, orientation, or the excuse of substances in our bodies.

Empowering Woman

The evidence is growing that we are making positive strides in giving woman the strength and support to say no. We as a society are listening to women, empowering them to come forward, and watching sexual predators actually get called to task, outright cancelled, and in some…

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