Patrick is a senior Advertising major/Child and Family Development minor from Lawrenceville, Georgia. When not in class, Patrick divides his time between his job as a resident assistant in Reed Hall and as an intern for the UGA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center. Patrick also holds board positions in the UGA Ad Club and Lambda Alliance. After college, Patrick plans to get a job in an Atlanta advertising agency where he will continue to spread the word of the sexiness of consent.
Through my involvement on campus, I’ve met a lot of students who were either unaware of the importance consent plays in sexual situations or misinformed about what constitutes as consent. It worries me that men and women on this campus have facilitated the spread of myths and stigmas about sex and rape and that not enough students know the facts. I look forward to the day that fewer students are raped, not because of self-protection, but because of campus-wide education and improved societal values.
My hope is that this campaign inspires both thought and conversation. I hope more students start thinking about why consent is so important in a relationship and begin implementing it within their
relationships. I also hope that the campaign starts conversations at the university about why it’s
vital that students respect themselves and their sexual partners enough to ask and demand consent every time.
I make consent sexy by being open and honest about what I do and don’t want in a sexual situation and I ask the same of a partner. Talking about sex easily becomes a part of foreplay. By being open and verbalizing my desires, I show trust in and love for my partner. Plus, an open and honest lover is a good lover.
