"Sexual “agency” differs from sexual consent in much the same way that a walkable neighborhood differs from a gated community. If consent is our right to briefly release other people from their obligation not to touch us, agency is our right to live under conditions where we can freely pursue our desires."
Go read this wonderful piece on sex, consent...and their surprising connections with urban design!
https://archive.is/20260105114837/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/how-consent-can-and-cannot-help-us-have-better-sex
#philosophy #feminism #lgbtq
Caro Flores
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