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Tea Consent

Blue Seat Studios · 12.4M views · 2015-05-12 · 2:51

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Overview

A three-minute animated video that explains sexual consent through the analogy of offering someone a cup of tea. It is based on a blog post by Emmeline May.

On Hacker News

Used as the classic analogy for consent, applied to opt-out data collection and privacy practices.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2024

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What people said

WhyNotHugo · 2021-07 · Recommendation

You know what else expresses lack of consent? Lack of consent. It’s very sad how this “you consent unless otherwise stated” ideology keep growing and growing. “We’re not spying on you, it’s just that you never expressed not wanting to be spied upon”. Here’s a very educational video on how giving consent works: [VIDEO]

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bergstromm466 · 2020-06 · Recommendation

> as it's often said when it comes to other people attempting to cross your personal boundaries, "'No' is a complete answer". I love that, so important! Have people seen the Tea consent video? [VIDEO]

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jobu · 2015-08 · Recommendation

This video does a pretty good job of explaining consent for those that don't think AA's description sounds like rape: [VIDEO] (Tea Consent)

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