Consent is a clear and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It should be given freely, without coercion, and communicated before any sexual conduct begins. While verbal consent is ...
Opinion

Relationship history and consent

When a Supreme Court judge asks, in open court, "She went on to have a child with the man without marriage, and now she is saying rape and assault — what is this?", two things happen simultaneously.
Ms. Anderson is the president of Brooklyn College, a former dean of City University of New York’s School of Law and a scholar on sexual assault. Ms. Tuerkheimer is a professor of law at Northwestern ...
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