Clementine Ford & The Royals respond to ‘milkshake’ consent failure

Australian author and commentator Clementine Ford, in conjunction with independent agency The Royals have released a response to the Australian Government’s now infamous ‘milkshake’ video series, entitled “Consent is a Conversation.”

Released directly onto Ford’s Instagram and Facebook accounts this morning, the video seeks to cut through the messaging the ‘milkshake’ series provided last week, which subsequently left its target audience more confused than beforehand.

Ford said: “We don’t need metaphors or complicated analogies to explain consent. In fact, the easiest way to understand consent is to talk about it. It’s a dialogue between sexual partners that prioritises respect and wellbeing, and this shouldn’t be hard for people to understand. Consent is an ongoing conversation, and we hope that by doing this we encourage people to start having that conversation.”