Relationships & Family

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Sexuality

How can sexuality leave room for pleasure, choice and responsibility?

It can take trust to speak about desire, uncertainty or an intimate experience. You deserve privacy and a listener who does not shame you or require you to share more than you choose.

Sexuality can involve intimacy, pleasure, identity and vulnerability, and people differ in what they want. The framework centres consent, bodily autonomy, honest communication and care for consequences. Desire does not create an entitlement to another person's body, and choosing not to participate needs no moral defence. Specific health questions and legal consent requirements need reliable, context-appropriate information.

A question to sit with (optional): Have we made room to express preferences, limits and uncertainty without pressure?

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