Introduction

Sexual consent is a timely topic across the globe. People – media, laws, society – are actively thinking about sexual consent and what it means. Addressing the continued need for more complex conceptualisations of consent and more varied samples in this area of research, the seven papers that compose this special issue consider novel nuances of sexual consent and demonstrate diversity in several ways. The researchers represented in this special issue used diverse methodologies to ask complex questions about sexual consent and to provide nuanced insights. Specific approaches included an experimental vignettes, focus groups, content analysis, and semi-structured interviews. Dawson et al. also considered sexual consent within the context of written erotica. While the initial set of written erotica included sexual interactions between two female or the two male characters, the final set used for analysis only depicted heterosexual encounters.