Dear you,
So, there's this essay in Yes mean Yes! called Sex Worth Fighting For by Anastasia Higginbotham...which is all about this feminist self-defense course called IMPACT. I was insanely inspired by this piece and now, I'm thinking about doing this for my WGS intro class as an activism project. I wish someone would of given me an option to take a self-defense course in high school or middle school - or rather just an idea of what consent was, and saying yes was. And even more far-fetched, is having the option of a Women's & Gender course in high school / middle school.
a quote from the essay,
"We can learn to fight for sex on our terms. Literally. With strong words, conviction, and certainty, with hands, elbows, knees, feet, and a "NO" so mean it chills the blood. I'm talking about a self-defense strategy that is imprinted on our cells and that affects every seemingly insignificant aspect of how we live, whom we love, and what we cherish..." (Friedman & Valenti, P.248-249)
What I love about this book is that it differentiates between what "No" & "Yes" means in sexual situations.
love,
me.
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