{"id":2061,"date":"2014-07-26T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/sermonsfromthemound\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2016-04-19T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T22:24:45","slug":"pagan-consent-culture-an-anthology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sermonsfromthemound\/pagan-consent-culture-an-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Pagan Consent Culture: An Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Building Communities of Empathy and Autonomy<\/i><\/h3>\n

Edited by Christine Hoff Kraemer and Yvonne Aburrow<\/p>\n

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For many Pagans, sexuality and the body are sacred. Unfortunately, this conviction is not enough to prevent sexual harassment, assault, and abuse. Like the mainstream communities they are immersed in, Pagan communities struggle with consent issues, especially around sexual touch.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, Pagans realize that good consent practices must be embraced by communities, not just by individuals\u2014and that consent is about more than sexuality. Consent culture begins with the idea of autonomy, with recognizing our right to control our bodies and selves in all areas of life; and it is sustained by empathy, the ability to understand and share the emotional states of others.<\/p>\n

This collection grounds consent culture in contemporary Pagan values, stories, and practices:<\/p>\n