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  • noun uncountable The act of willfully and freely giving consent or permission.

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  • But -- assuming consensuality is apparent -- how I choose to live my life with my beloved [s], what names I use, what ceremonies and rituals I concoct to express that love, neither threatens your own emotional and sexual relationships, nor gives you any insight into how my beloved [s] and I feel about ourselves.

    October 10th, 2003 2003

  • I also agree that consensuality is very important, although whether the encounter in the Tijuana Bible story is consensual is arguable, since the woman is apparently a robotic tool of the government.

    Censoring librarians: In defense of two outraged Kentucky pepperpots « The Retort 2009

  • The reason is that non-consensuality is its engine, and it carries as much menace and danger as a mainstream thriller, without being bothered with that pesky “plot” thing, which usually derails most feature porn.

    Scary Minds (DVD Review) « Skid Roche 2007

  • If the key point has to do with consensuality, with the observation that rape is a subset of non-consentual intercourse, then the “right” answer for our hypothetical would be [as an ethical stand] no abortion except for pregnancies resulting from non-consensual intercourse, with the legal language as needed to cover the extension of rape beyond the felony rape predicates, such as the examples of incest which you mention.

    Those Rape and Incest Exceptions 2006

  • “I think the harm done by treating truthful claims of non-consensuality as untrue is severe enough that the possible error such a standard might occaisionally cause is an acceptable trade-off.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Sexual Assault Problem: 2007

  • What makes power imbalance a bad thing, IMO, is when there is a lack of consensuality.

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

  • In fact, it leads to a fundamental blocking of good analysis, nearly on par with a failure to understand the concept of consensuality.

    International Marriage Broker Act passes! Plus, Bush admin refuses to release rules to help battered immigrant women. 2005

  • Despite it's legality and consensuality, Bangbus is still interesting as part of a gonzo wave in internet porn that tries to push the envelope while developing and catering to new reality programming.

    Life of Brian: 2004

  • Despite it's legality and consensuality, Bangbus is still interesting as part of a gonzo wave in internet porn that tries to push the envelope while developing and catering to new reality programming.

    Bangbus . . .Investigative Reporters Discover Consensual and Legal. . . duh 2004

  • Politically speaking, pansexuality is a way of uniting disparate SM/fetish communities into a solid front that can more effectively fight for kinky civil rights and better educate the public about the diversity and consensuality of kinky sex.

    Come Hither Dr. Gloria G. Brame 2000

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