In a recent article for Mother Jones, author Inae Oh argues that conversations about sexual assault need to go deeper than the topic of consent. She says that conversations often treat consent as the end of the conversation rather than a jumping-off point for more meaningful discussions. She argues that consent is usually unrelated to sexual assault, since perpetrators get a thrill from rejecting consent. The article features experts discussing why current approaches to tackling sexual assault on campuses are not effective, and what needs to happen to create change.
Andrea O’Reilly, a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at 91ÑÇÉ«, is quoted in the article, stating that sexual assault has nothing to do with consent and is more connected to misogyny, power and abuse.
O’Reilly is internationally recognized as the founder of Motherhood Studies (2006) and its subfield Maternal Theory (2007), and creator of Matricentric Feminism, a feminism for and about mothers (2016) and Matricritics, a literary theory and practice for a reading of mother-focused texts (2021). She is the founder/editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative and publisher of Demeter Press.
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