NO: Answers + Updates

About this episode

Kaitlin Prest explores coercion in relationships by consulting the men in her life and seeking insights from those who have transgressed against her.

[Ep 3 of 4] Answers: Kaitlin’s search asking why coercion is so omnipresent lands her in one obvious place. Straight, cis-gendered men. In this episode, Kaitlin consults the men in her life that she loves, her friends, her father, her exes to see if they had ever pressured someone into having unwanted intimacy. But she knows she cannot end her search here. She must reach out to the men who have transgressed her to get their side of the story. Updates: we hear about the men who interviewed in the series and notable developments since 2017 in their journeys navigating gender, power and consent. DONATE to support the creation of a final episode telling the story of all that happened after this famed series aired; friendships rekindled, apologies made, mistakes repeated, lessons learned and unlearned and never learned and will she ever learn. "Tending the Garden" is a new healing resource, launched by the Trauma Queen Jimanekia Eborn. FOLLOW THIS WOMAN . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Kaitlin Prest

Topics covered

• coercion
• gender
• power
• consent
• relationships
• intimacy

Keywords

• coercion
• intimacy
• gender
• power
• consent
• relationships
• men

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: dovetail.prx.org

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