There are a few things we need to understand about consent. Consent is not a passive thing. It is an active thing. A choice. An action based on a shared understanding, understood engagement, a dialogue. Consent is born out of, and fed by, respect.

And so if we want to fully grasp what consent means and embed it into the very fiber of our relationships; we need to be open about it and be able to talk about it. Consent is a positive thing, it is the foundation of healthy relationships and whatever stage a relationship is at, consent must be always be central to it.