If you’re still struggling with consent just imagine instead of initiating sex you’re making them a cup of tea. Simple really.  And brilliantly explained in this two-minute video that ANYONE can understand:

The beautiful black hole of empathy made perfectly understandable by the amazing Brene Brown and a talented cartoonist in this visual parable.

A woman and her dog were walking along a road. The woman was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to her that she was dead.
 
She remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside her had been dead for years. She wondered where the road was leading them.
 
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble... At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When she was standing before it she saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.
 
She and the dog walked toward the gate, and as she got closer, she saw a woman at a desk to one side. When she was close enough, she called out, “Excuse me, where are we?” 

Susan notes: this story is dedicated today to the people around the world facing hardship, challenges and/or violence.

One night I had a dream. I dreamed that I was walking along the sandy beach with God.

I am quite thankful that as we walked hand in hand, God showed me His infinite patience by not throwing me into the sea 'coz I must have asked Him "Are we there yet?" a million times.