Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior

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Malachi Willis, M. Hunt, Alicia B. Wodika, D. Rhodes, Jessica Goodman, K. Jozkowski
International Journal of Sexual Health, 2019

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Willis, M., Hunt, M., Wodika, A. B., Rhodes, D., Goodman, J., & Jozkowski, K. (2019). Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior. International Journal of Sexual Health.

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Willis, Malachi, M. Hunt, Alicia B. Wodika, D. Rhodes, Jessica Goodman, and K. Jozkowski. “Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior.” International Journal of Sexual Health (2019).

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Willis, Malachi, et al. “Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior.” International Journal of Sexual Health, 2019.

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@article{malachi2019a,
  title = {Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {International Journal of Sexual Health},
  author = {Willis, Malachi and Hunt, M. and Wodika, Alicia B. and Rhodes, D. and Goodman, Jessica and Jozkowski, K.}
}

Abstract

Objectives: College students believe that they are supposed to be explicit and verbal in their sexual consent communication. We examined various contexts to determine when sexual consent is likely to be communicated explicitly and verbally.

Method: We surveyed U.S. college students’ (n = 707) sexual consent communication.

Results: We identified contexts when explicit verbal consent cues are less likely—when the person is a woman, when the sexual relationship is casual, and when the sexual behavior is not vaginal-penile intercourse.

Conclusions: If sexual consent is contextual, that means communicating consent should not ever be taken for granted.

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