Model...

 

Since the late 1990s, new models of sexual consent have been proposed. Specifically, the development of "yes means yes" and affirmative models, such as Hall's definition: "the voluntary approval of what is done or proposed by another; permission; agreement in opinion or sentiment."^[6] 

Hickman and Muehlenhard state that consent should be "free verbal or nonverbal communication of a feeling of willingness' to engage in these activity."   Affirmative consent may still be limited since the underlying, individual circumstances surrounding the consent cannot always be acknowledged in the "yes means yes", or in the "no means no", model

How someone feels about what happened in an encounter is very much up to interpretation and two people can see the same events very differently, each from their own perspective.       

 People can also have very different memories of what happened, how, in what order, and by who, all of which makes it really difficult to agree afterwards. Even though both people were in the same room, that doesn’t mean they had the same experience.

Hope...

 

Merry Christmas to all. 

 

سامح أخاك

 

  سامح فإنكَ في النهايةِ فانِ  

واجعل شعارَكَ كثرةَ الغفرانِ 

وابسط يديكَ لرحمةٍ ومودةٍ 

حتى تنالَ محبةَ الرحمنِ  

ليس التباغضُ من شريعةِ أحدٍ 

بل إنَّه لَبضاعةُ الشيطانِ 

قابيلُ أغضبَ ربَّه لما قسا 

وأخوه كوفئ إذ عفا بجنانِ  

سامح أخاك وإنْ توعَّرَ طبعُهُ 

إنَّ التسامحَ شيمةُ الشجعانِ

Rollout...

 

Nearly everything about the process has gone well so far, shepherded by the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed.

The first two vaccines, one from Pfizer-BioNTech and the other from Moderna, were ready well before anyone expected. 

Trials showed them to be among the most effective vaccines ever, particularly for a notoriously hard-to-prevent respiratory virus.

And the initial days of the rollout, while far from perfect, have already led to 3 million vaccinations in the U.S., mostly among frontline health care workers.

Good news for the holidays. So far so good. Just a thought.

The Man...

 President Trump’s call Tuesday night for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 won raves from at least three of his harshest critics.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Rep. AOC and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders all favored the president’s proposal.

"Despite all of this wasteful spending, and much more, the $900 billion package provides hard-working taxpayers with only $600 each in relief payments and not enough money is given to small businesses -- and in particular restaurants, whose owners have suffered so grievously."

The bill also allows stimulus checks for the family members of illegal aliens, allowing them to get up $1,800 each," the president says. "This is far more than the Americans are given.

The president’s critics quickly voiced their rare support for his point of view.

Gift...

 

One New Yorker proved that giving to charity was a better gift than treating himself to a new iPhone  and now the Salvation Army wants to find him and say thanks.

Holiday bell ringers manning the group’s new giant red kettle outside the Meatpacking District Apple store were stunned on Dec. 7, when a man walked up and handed a volunteer an envelope stuffed with $1,020, a touching handwritten note and a mask.

“Dear Salvation Army, I walked into the Apple Store today to buy a new phone,” the note said. “Then I saw your kettle and I was reminded of those in need. It was very cold and windy outside. I am lucky I have a warm home. I have hot food. I even have an iPhone from 2017 that works perfectly well. 2020 has been a hard year for millions of families . . . The iPhone was going to be $999. I also planned to visit Starbucks next door. I should go without both this Christmas season. Please accept this $1,020 and put it to better use. P.S. here is a new mask my wife made for a friend. I consider Salvation Army a friend to New York.”

دع الاحزان

 

Dual Message

 

There is the obvious and the non obvious. All in all, Just can tough this.

من يعمل...

 

Lindsey...

 

On Sunday, Lindsey Boylan tweeted that Cuomo “sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched."

She also accused Cuomo of abuse of power, but said that she doesn’t plan to share further details.

“To be clear: I have no interest in talking to journalists. I am about validating the experience of countless women and making sure abuse stops,” she tweeted.

The allegation comes as the 63-year-old Democrat is reported to be under consideration for attorney general under Joe Biden.

Cuomo’s press secretary, said: “There is simply no truth to these claims.”

Boylan, 36, worked for the Cuomo administration from March 2015 to October 2018, as executive vice-president of Empire State Development and then as a special adviser to Cuomo for economic development.