“There’s a reason many women try to be as soft as possible with men, to use padded and flowery language, to be gentle and tender in talking— it’s because most women learn early on that the slightest sign of discontent, of anger, of displeasure from women means repercussions from men.”— Dominique Matti, twitter.com
“If a woman uses the word “forced” to describe in any way what you are doing, THAT IS HER SAYING NO.”— Fiona Longmuir , twitter.com
“If a woman is physically removing your hands from her body, that is her saying no.”— Fiona Longmuir , twitter.com
“I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope—the door of opportunity—is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org
“When you’re looking for consent, really look for it. Don’t take a woman not saying no as a confirmation that she wants to have sex. Make sure that she knows she’s got an option – that the option is really genuinely open to her. That way you know that the person you’re in bed with really, genuinely w…”— Rebecca Reid, metro.co.uk
“Little did I know it would become my turn to say no. No to opening the door to him at all hours of the night, hotel after hotel, location after location, where he would show up unexpectedly, including one location where I was doing a movie he wasn’t even involved with. No to me taking a shower with…”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“I can never consent to being dictated to as to what I shall or shall not do. I, as President, shall be responsible for my administration. I hope to have your hearty co-operation in carrying out its measures. So long as you see fit to do this, I shall be glad to have you with me. When you think other…”— John Tyler, en.wikiquote.org
“Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.”— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, amazon.com
“Reframing love as something I get to create with someone I admire, rather than something that just happens to me without my control or consent, is empowering.”— Mandy Len Catron, ted.com
“I was happy to trade my youth, my body for the opportunity to feel seen and to feel special.”— Dana Schwartz, observer.com
“Age is just a number you write into a box when you register as a sex offender.”— MR HAND, twitter.com
“You can stop whenever you want. Regardless of how turned on your partner is or whatever deed of angels they may have done, you do not owe them sex. Ever. You should know that if you're uncomfortable at any point, you should ask your partner to stop immediately and assert it more forcefully if they d…”— Sukhmani Waraich, vagabomb.com
“When you ask him to stop doing something/anything, he stops. If you tell him to stop making fun of something because it hurts your feelings and he immediately stops and apologizes, he'll probably do the same thing in bed. This is maybe the most important thing in the world.”— Lane Moore, cosmopolitan.com
“Whatever you tolerate will continue. If he’s doing something wrong—not just something that’s irritating—you need to stop tolerating it. This is not the same as trying to change him. It simply means that you change how you react to him.”— Sheila Wray Gregoire, amazon.com
“Fondle his balls or play with his ass–with permission. Every guy is different. Some will get turned on by those moves, and some will immediately get turned off.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“You can’t kiss someone who doesn’t want to kiss you back, so make sure your date has demonstrated a clear interest in you.”— Madeleine Holden, askmen.com
“'No, Dan. I need to know that if I say no, you'll stop. I need to know that.'”— Megan Hart, amazon.com
“In my life, no one has to do anything they don’t want to do, and no one is told what to do.”— Kim Kardashian, elleuk.com