Video Series Teaches Guys How To Talk About Consent After #MeToo
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Video Series Teaches Guys How To Talk About Consent After #MeToo
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Video Series Teaches Guys How To Talk About Consent After #MeToo

Trending News: #MeToo Left You Speechless? Here's How To Talk About Consent

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Plenty of guys want to help change things for the better in the wake of #MeToo, but they don't know how. This video series might clear things up.

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On Saturday, Scarlett Johansson got up in front of thousands of people at the Women's March and called out James Franco for wearing a Time's Up pin at the Golden Globes when he's allegedly done some icky stuff in the past. Last week, a woman's bad date with Aziz Ansari prompted an international conversation about consent, dating and hookups. Clearly, #MeToo isn't going anywhere, but these conversations can't simply be a back and forth between news columnists and Twitter ranters. But how do we talk about it?

In everyday life, situations about consent and sexual harassment come up. They're probably even happening at your job (here's how to spot sexual harassment at work). That's why it's important to call out bad behavior as you see it and say the right thing when need be.

Sarah Pierson Beaulieu, founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, Inc, acknowledges that plenty of people -- not just men -- struggle with talking about these issues, but saying the right thing isn't really that tough.

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"Luckily, supporting survivors and engaging as a bystander doesn't take a Ph.D," she said. "It just takes a little practice."

A new series of videos from The Uncomfortable Conversation, Inc, is like a cheat sheet before you practice. 

In the short video below, a guy doing a tricep pushdown at the gym overhears a couple of other guys talking about what they should do if a naked woman gets in their bed. You should really watch these videos, but the guy pretty much says that just because she's naked, it doesn't mean she wants sex -- she might just like sleeping naked. After all, sleeping naked does have health benefits.

In another video, a guy considers breaking it off with a woman after one date when he finds out she's a survivor of sexual assault.

There are several other videos to check out, including How To Be There For A Friend Who Is A SurvivorHow To Support A Sad Survivor and How Consent Equals Good Game. Have a gander -- we all could stand to learn and listen a little more. 

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An estimated 43.9% of women and 23.4% of men have experienced some form of sexual violence during their lifetimes and 19.3% of women and 1.7% of men have been raped, according to a 2011 CDC study