Consent in Media: From Doris Day to Normal People - resources

After our session for the NI Human Rights Festival, we decided to share our resources we used for discussion around the portrayal of sex and consent in popular culture. Also if you want to watch the discussion back you can skip to the end…

TRIGGER WARNING for all of the sexual lack of consent portrayed in the clips to follow.

“But when it comes to the trials and tribulations of sexual discovery—let alone the challenges of building a caring, mutually fulfilling sexual relationship—pop culture tends to be strangely silent. The most important thing about sex, it seems to tell young people, is whether or not you’ve had it.”

https://qz.com/quartzy/1547523/netflixs-sex-education-shows-how-learning-to-have-good-sex-can-make-us-better-people/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089gyxd/normal-people-series-1-episode-2
Marianne and Connell’s first sex scene, with consent.

“Ten times pop culture romanticised sexual harassment

And maybe you didn't even notice it”

Radhika Sanghani 7 March 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/55b92fda-d9f0-436d-a1f6-674e9e3504c6

“She brought it on herself”: A Discourse Analysis of Sexual Assault in Teen Comedy Film Claire Halffield Honor Scholar Program, DePauw University
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/214031367.pdf

A discussion on films' portrayal of sexual harassment and violence. Follow th link to watch on youtube