What are some of your favourite ways to ask for a kiss or say no? Here are some ways to practice:ДЄnd finally, ways to respond to receiving a вЂњnoвЂќ. This can also be challenging for people to get used to. Part of practicing consent is being comfortable with saying and receiving вЂњnoвЂќ as an answer.

Write your request on a piece of paper and pass it on a note.

If your partner responds to that, try tapping on other parts of your face or body.

Give them eye contact while tapping your cheek. Try this: Lean towards someone and offer them your cheek.вЂњHow comfortable would you be with kissing right now?вЂќ.вЂњI would love to kiss you right now, if youвЂ™re into it.вЂњWould you be willing to kiss me right now?вЂќ.вЂњwould you like me to lean closer and put my lips on your neck?вЂќ.вЂњWould it be okay if I kissed you on the lips?вЂќ.*Bear in mind that inviting kissing in any of these ways requires an appropriate context (more on that later) Lets be clear: not everyone likes kissing and not all folks are in relationships and thatвЂ™s awesome!ДЇor those who are interested in kissing*: YouвЂ™re alive to the possibility of someone saying вЂњnoвЂќ. Do you remember your first kisses? Butterflies? The uncertainty, hesitance and awkwardness are all cues that consent is being practiced. In practice however, the thrill of asking for consent is fun and creative. One big challenge people face when starting to ask for consent is finding the balance between giving space for the other person to say no, yet maintaining the sexiness of the situation. And yet, if youвЂ™re paying attention, youвЂ™ll notice that our favorite FBI partners, those paradigms of professionalism and Platonic Friendship, constantly express their feelings to one another in their own (emotionally. In fact, by my count, Mulder has said I love you a single time while Scully has used ItвЂ™s why I fell in love with you once in the middle of an argument. Consent is a muscle and like all others, in order to work it needs practice. You donвЂ™t often hear Fox Mulder and Dana Scully utter those three little words in The X-Files. I might want to kiss you but letвЂ™s use our lips to talk about it first.В When doing consent training workshops, we discover how common it is for people to feel uncomfortable practicing consent in their lives.

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