Matthew McConaughey says his father helped teach him about the concept of consent.
During a recently published episode of Amanda de Cadenet’s “The Conversation: About the Men” podcast, the actor talked about how his parents instructed him about healthy sexual relationships. “I had been taught, been guided by my parents about respect for a woman, respect for the relationship, respect for sexual intimacy, respect for space,” he said. The star said his dad “had always had this thing where he taught us the birds and the bees.
It’s probably gonna go to where you’re gonna get intimate and there’s gonna be the breast and there’s gonna be below the belt.’ I’m paraphrasing.” McConaughey said his father advised him that “If you ever feel the girl, the female, hesitate, stop.” That was helpful for him, he said, when he felt blackmailed into sex at the age of 15. “After that, I got to have some healthy sexual relations,” McConaughey said.