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1. I have the right to my own body
and all of its sensations, including pleasure and
pain.
2. I have the right to think my
own thoughts, whatever they may be.
3. I have the right to feel the
full spectrum of my emotions; excitement, joy, anger,
sorrow, depression, love and fear. And I have the
right to feel those whether or not my feeling them
is acceptable to others.
4. I have a right to acknowledge
my memories, whether they are of delight or abuse,
and a right to base present sexual decisions on
my memories.
5. I have a right to be sexual
at all ages and stages of my life, and a right to
choose how I define my sexuality, how I wish to
express it, and with whom.
6. I have a right to expect that
my sexual partner respect my body, thoughts, emotions,
and general well-being and a right to insist on
respect for these if necessary.
7. I have a right to ask for what
I want.
8. I have a right to say No to
any sexual encounter that feels unsatisfying or
threatening at any time, whether physically, emotionally,
or spiritually.
9. I have a right to say yes to
pleasure that is physically, emotionally, or spiritually
safe.
10. I have a right to feel good
about saying Yes and No and a right not to feel
fear, guilt, or obligation.
(From “Safe Encounters:
How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe
Sex.”
Beverly Whipple, Ph.D., R.N., and Gina Ogden., Ph.D.,
McGraw Hill, New York, 1989.) |
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