{"id":9672,"date":"2021-12-27T05:09:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T05:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2021-12-27T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T06:17:18","slug":"terms-and-conditions-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/terms-and-conditions-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms and Conditions Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"get-your-consent-game-clear-with-verbal-and-non-verbal-communication\">Get Your Consent Game Clear With Verbal and Non Verbal Communication!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No \u2013 Naah \u2013 Nahi \u2013 Nope \u2013 Na \u2013 Nohoi &#8211; Ji nahi \u2013 Illai &#8211; Ledu\u2026 So many words in the Indian language that mean <em><strong>NO<\/strong><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet we don\u2019t understand it? How come? I don\u2019t get it! Like verbal communication, <\/span><b>nonverbal communication is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">equally efficient in making it clear that it\u2019s a NO! Let us make it clearer this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You show up at someone\u2019s house, would you go barging into their bedroom because 2 years ago they said \u2013 \u201c<em>do drop in someday<\/em>.\u201d If you answer \u2018<strong><em>Yes<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 to that question, look behind you, the cops are calling too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because your boss seems to be so welcoming, would you walk into their office, <em>\u201cHey, I\u2019ll be sitting here from now. Please move your stuff a little\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like hell NO, you won\u2019t. Then? If consent and acceptance are so clearly understood and obeyed in these cases, why don\u2019t you get it when it comes to INTIMATE RELATIONS? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Verbal and non verbal communication, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both should be crystal clear when it comes to sexual consent of any type.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The confusion is when you \u201cTHINK SO.\u201d When you convince yourself \u2013 \u201cI could read it in their eyes.\u201d You are what? A <\/span><b>communication body language <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expert?<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wake up and stop making assumptions as per your convenience.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just because s\/he \u201cturned around,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that doesn&#8217;t amount to either acceptance or consent nor approval or a yes!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silence definitely does not mean a YES. Only an enthusiastic, active, informed, happy YES means a YES. One that leaves nothing to your imagination. Understand the <\/span><b>importance of non verbal communication <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and verbal communication in taking clear ideas and not the misunderstood ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bollywood songwriters have a task at hand. Write some songs that make sense, please (not all writers are bad at their work, though). If you start believing and living every silly song that is being produced, the time is not far when you\u2019ll be living in a delusional world that can be dangerous, even for yourself. Why? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hum motivate thoda jaldi ho jaate hai na. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kabir Singh slapping out of love? Kabir Singh dominating Preeti out of love? Awww.. how cute! <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na ji na. Sudhar jao!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consent got at gunpoint is NO CONSENT AT ALL. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marta kya na karta.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANOTHER NEWS FLASH. Consent given initially may be withdrawn at any time. Minds are for changing. You can\u2019t be taking YES for an answer FOREVER just because they said YES to it some years or even months or even days back.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they choose to say NO at any moment verbally or non verbally, respect that. Your <\/span><b>communication body language <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">skills must work here. What would be considered nonverbal gestures of No? Gets up and walks away. Shakes their head. Hold up a hand. Clear, isn\u2019t it? But let\u2019s say there is room for misinterpretation. What\u2019s stopping you from double-checking? As them \u201care you saying, No?\u201d Simple.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As adults, for God\u2019s sake, Respect it! Accept it. Don\u2019t embarrass yourself by saying, \u201cbut your facial expression was different.\u201d Who are you, Baba? A face reader? <\/span><b>Nonverbal communication is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more likely to be mistaken. So, always rely on clarity. Why do guesswork? A non-equivocal, non coerced, happily given, fully understood, is a YES.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the center of this discussion about consent lies the concept of respect. 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