What is consent? Planned Parenthood's FRIES, explained
by Planned Parenthood · Institutional source
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What it is about and why watch it
Can you tell a free yes from a pressured one? Told by Planned Parenthood (verified channel: Institutional source).
Consent is the base of every encounter in the lifestyle, and this short explainer from Planned Parenthood, a long-established American nonprofit provider of sexual and reproductive health care, presents it with a simple memory aid: FRIES, meaning freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic and specific. The video is published on the organisation's official YouTube channel and points viewers to its page on sexual consent. In practice the framework is useful for couples and singles in swinging settings because it makes concrete several ideas that are easy to forget in a party atmosphere: a yes must be free of pressure or alcohol-driven confusion, it can be withdrawn at any time, it needs honest information about what will happen, it should be eager and not merely tolerated, and agreement to one act does not mean agreement to another. Watch it together before your first event and agree how each of you will say stop, how you will check in with each other, and how you will respond to a no from other people without arguing. The video is a general introduction for a broad audience; it is not specific to clubs or to group situations, and it is not legal advice.
What you will take away
- Consent is freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic and specific.
- A yes to one thing is not a yes to everything.
- Anyone can change their mind at any time.
- General introduction, not legal advice or club-specific rules.
Points written by us as a guide; the full video is always the source.
Why these minutes are worth it
We recommend it because Planned Parenthood 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.
Why we trust this source
A channel of a public health body, university, NGO or TED/TEDx talk: the authority belongs to the institution itself.
oEmbed: author_name 'Planned Parenthood' (@plannedparenthood). Organizacion sin animo de lucro estadounidense de salud sexual y reproductiva (Wikipedia). Su web oficial devolvio 403 a la consulta automatizada, por lo que la fuente es secundaria; el video se titula 'Consent is as easy as FRIES!' y la busqueda lo asocia a su pagina de consentimiento sexual.
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