Girlhood (out March 30), consent is oh so complicated. “What do yes and no really mean in a culture where you’re prescribed to say yes all the time?
And can harm be done when affirmative consent is given? And the answer I came up with, in short, is ‘Yes,’” she says on this week's episode of LGBTQ&A.Listen to the full podcast interview on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. “There were a lot of instances where it just seemed easier to have sex or do whatever than it would be to say ‘No’ and deal with the fallout of saying no to someone and having to take care of their feelings or potentially deal with a scary assault situation,” Febos says.