Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks

Consent: histories, representations & frameworks for the future | conference @durham_uni | 5–6 August 2019 | global, interdisciplinary & intersectional approach

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

We are really looking forward to our conference on Monday! We'll be encouraging people to tweet using #ConsentHistories for those who can't be there, so do follow that if you're interested! We'll also be tweeting from this account. See you on Monday for those who can make it!

[The 1752 Group @1752Group]

A staff survey at Oxford Uni has found that a over a third of female staff have experienced harassment or bullying, against 8% of male staff. 1752 member @anna_bull_ is quoted in this article from the Telegraph. https://t.co/vLyaslKOSY

[Research in English At Durham @READEnglish]

"positive, inclusive, sensitive, and erudite".

Lovely review of @consentdurham #ConsentHistories conference, with thanks to the many insightful speakers and organisers.

[Dr. Shelby Judge @Judgeyxo]

NEW BLOG POST ✨ reviewing the Consent conference I attended in Durham & sharing the paper I delivered there: ‘Could Briseis Consent?’ @consentdurham @READEnglish #ConsentHistories #blog #blogger #phd #phdlife #academicchatter #mythology #feminism ✨

https://t.co/zDfAXElFnM

[Stephen Burrell @the_daily_panda]

Had a fantastic time at @consentdurham...the last panel on 'Frameworks for the future: Relationships & sex education' was just excellent! Huge thanks to the brilliant organisers for putting together such a welcoming, friendly, challenging & inspiring conference! #ConsentHistories

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

@jemimashort kicks off our final Q&A on Sex Ed & relationships by posing a crucial question about how the experience of gender segregation during Sex Ed might impact the understanding/development of egalitarian relationships.

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

There is a gender difference in the response to these films: men tended towards entitlement in these sexual encounters.

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

We're rounding off our final panel with Dr Padraig Macneela, Dr Charlotte McIvor, Dr Siobhan O'Higgins & Kate Dawson's multidisciplinary perspectives on 'Making the Case for the Active Consent Programme's Multi-Sectoral Plan for 2019-2023 in the Republic of Ireland'

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

Really engaging screening of the Consent =OMFG interactive short film series showing different scenarios where consent comes into play. Watch it here: https://t.co/LYWvRWjnfu

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

Prof Forrest suggests tuning the conversation on consent to masculinity and boyhood ('splitting' public and private, me and her). 'Young men in heterosexual relationships believe young women control the accelerator and brake'.

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

Prof Simon Forrest is now discussing young heterosexual men's experiences of sexual consent, and it's implications on relationships and sex education #ConsentHistories

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

The notions of free-given choice and consent are complicated by power, and how it frames hegemonic masculinity. Young 13-year-old boys have to grapple with their lack of access to this adult masculinity - violence often occurs in attempts assert heterosexual masculinity.

[Murphy C Farrell @MurphyCFarrell]

Excellent keynote from @anna_bull of the @1752Group at @consentdurham on the need for HE institutions to recognise the variety of ways in which power imbalances affect our ability to consent in staff/student relationships #ConsentHistories

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

Young men's perceptions of the legal system was distorted - they thought the system was stacked against them, whereas the reality is very different #ConsentHistories

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

We now have our final panel, Frameworks for the Future: Relationships and Sex Education - with @emilysetty discussing young people's perspectives on negotiating the 'grey area' of (hetero)sex #ConsentHistories

[Consent: Histories, Representations, Frameworks @consentdurham]

In the abstract, young people supported affirmative consent - but young men were more often resistant to this approach, esp the 'impossibility' of gaining affirmative consent - they had anxieties around this: "saying yes should be giving consent but it isn't" #ConsentHistories

[Dr Kyle Murray @KyleLMurray92]

Delighted to have presented @TaraEBeattie and my paper on sexual consent and deception. Great environment and great discussions! #ConsentHistories