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Air Force Space Command
Guardians of the High Frontier
Sexual Assault
Prevention and
Response Training
Integrity - Service - Excellence
UNCLASSIFIED
Healthy Sexuality
information developed by Mervyn Davies, MA,LPC
CACIII, FAPA
Elements for Consent:
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Equal Power base
 Must know to what one is consenting
 Must understand the repercussions of behavior
 Must comprehend societal standards of behavior
 Must be sober
3 types of behavior
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Consent
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Cooperation
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Coercive
Creating psychological safety in
relationships
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Focused attention (seeing reading cues of the other
person)
Nonjudgmental – “I care about you even though I don’t
like what you’re doing”
Owning feelings
Recognition of diversity – “I’m allowed to be different
than you”
Empathy
Trustworthiness
Universal goals for healthy
sexual development
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Communication – being able to ask for consent
(Listening for a yes)
Empathy
Accountability – taking responsibility for yourself
What is intimacy?
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Intimacy is communication
 Intimacy is not sex
 Sex offenders yearn for intimacy; they are just
clueless about how to achieve it
 Sex is about taking, love making is about sharing
 Asking for consent eliminates confusion
 Each behavior receives consent
Air Force Space Command
Guardians of the High Frontier
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