What sexting can teach us about consent
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Can you tell a free yes from a pressured one? Told by TEDx Talks (verified channel: Institutional source).
In this TEDxViennaSalon talk, communication scholar Amy Adele Hasinoff uses sexting as a way to explore how consent really works in intimate life. Hasinoff is associated with the University of Colorado Denver and is the author of the academic book Sexting Panic, published by University of Illinois Press, which argues that consent and privacy should guide how we think about sexual images. Sexting is relevant to anyone exploring ethical non-monogamy or the lifestyle, because many people first connect, flirt or negotiate online, and because sharing private images raises questions that go beyond a single encounter. The talk is a good prompt to think about consent as something that covers not only touch but also information: who may see a photo, who may keep it, and what happens if the relationship changes. It does not give legal advice, does not address in-person events, and should not be read as a technical guide to privacy settings. To use the ideas with a partner, agree in advance on what is shared with whom, how images are stored, whether sharing with third parties is ever acceptable, and what you will both delete if you split up. Revisit these agreements whenever your circumstances change.
What you will take away
- Consent applies to information and images, not only to touch
- Consensual sexting is different from non-consensual sharing
- Agree on who can see, store or forward anything private
- Trust and privacy are part of ethical intimacy
- Revisit digital agreements whenever the relationship changes
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We recommend it because TEDx Talks is a verified source (institutional source), it approaches the topic in an informative and respectful tone, and this video contains no explicit content. Use it as a starting point for a conversation as a couple, not as individual medical or therapeutic advice.
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Canal oficial TEDx. TEDxUSH figura como evento TEDx en ted.com/tedx/events (Shibuya, Japon, evento universitario). Descripcion del video: la oradora Yu Shundo promueve sistemas universitarios contra la violencia sexual y el concepto de consentimiento sexual. La charla de Mayumi Sato figura en ted.com/talks (TEDxUNESPBauru, abril 2018; la ficha de ted.com confirma que es un evento TEDx local de organizacion independiente). Ola 3 (2026-11-07): ted.com confirma la ficha de la charla de Nagoski (TEDxFergusonLibrary, 2019); el resto de charlas se identifican por el titulo de oEmbed, que incluye el evento TEDx y el nombre del orador (TEDxVancouver, TEDxBucharest, TEDxSurrey, TEDxU O, TEDxRiodelaPlata). La credencial profesional de cada orador no se ha contrastado, salvo Diana Wang (perfil en TEDxRiodelaPlata: psicoterapeuta de pareja).
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