Say It Loud & Clear: Yes Means Yes!

By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | March 27, 2015
Senior Editor, ETR

ETR is thrilled to be offering our new “Yes Means Yes!” poster. This upbeat, positive product tells the big-picture story of affirmative consent in a remarkably brief 51 words. The image is eye-catching, the poster is clear and the whole package really works. It gets the message out.

 

As a health education writer myself, I can attest to the care, time and skill that goes into this kind of work. It’s easier to write a 10,000-word book chapter than an effective 800-word pamphlet. Health education posters are even more demanding. They’re like the haiku of the field. I applaud our Product Development team for their extraordinary skill in choosing exactly the right 51 words.

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I’m excited to see the concept of “Yes Means Yes” continue to grow in prominence and appreciate ETR’s contribution to a sex-positive perspective on the issue. I hope you’ll take a look at the poster and the accompanying pamphlet.

By the way, we have a guest blog post coming up in April about using affirmative consent to create a culture of consent in a college community. Watch for it!

Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES, is Senior Editor at ETR. She can be reached at quam@etr.org and can also be found on LinkedIn.