The Joy of Consent

In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.

In era #MeToo, dezbaterea americana privind sexul licit s-a impartit in doua tabere: una insista ca consimtamantul rezolva problema coercitiei sexuale, in timp ce cealalta echivaleaza placerea sexuala cu erotica patriarhala a tacerii si misterului. Manon Garcia respinge ambele pozitii, argumentand ca consimtamantul este un prag legal eronat, dar esential pentru bucuria sexului bun.