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The holiday season has begun. This is the time of year when people mix and mingle, share a cup of good cheer, and let off steam in social gatherings. Christmas songs and movies stir the embers of holiday romance. Firelight is flickering. Lights are twinkling. Mistletoe is hung. Glasses are clinking. How can you resist snuggling together like two birds of a feather? Intimacy is calling your name.

What could go wrong?

Unfortunately, even within this most idealized romantic setting, communication about intimacy can be mistaken. Misreading cues—both verbal and nonverbal—can lead to a grey area of ambiguous consent, which fuels and even normalizes sexual assault .

In a new book by Kristen Myers and Patricia Wallace, Exploiting, Enduri

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