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So if they’re drunk, if they’re high, if they’re passed out, Consent has to be clear. If you’re impaired in those situations, you cannot give clear consent with that person. They have to be able to clearly communicate yes in a meaningful way. So in that situation, you’re not no party, one or the other. If both are impaired, they cannot clearly give consent at that point. If you are sitting there and you’re not talking, you’re not giving consent.

Defining Sexual Consent And Related Terms

You can use the acronym FRIES to remember that consent is Freely given, Reversable, Informed, Enthusiastic, and Specific. Sexual activity should ALWAYS be consensual and NEVER be convinced or coerced. Culturally prescribed sexual scripts appear to be changing, leading to greater awareness of the concept of sexual consent among young people. Hirsch and colleagues (2019) conducted an in-depth qualitative study of undergraduates at Columbia University and Barnard College between 2015 and 2017. Men worried that consent, once obtained, might later be revoked and that they might “falsely” be accused of sex that they had judged to be consensual. Such fears not only reflect policies at Columbia and Barnard, but also the larger #metoo movement and its backlash (Smith, 2018).

Informed Consent

And where we run into the most complicated situations are our 13 to 15 year olds who have relationships with people who are older than 18 and they didn’t realize it. It’s very difficult because like we’ve talked about, peer pressure is very hard. I mean, as much as I can, I would encourage you to continue to use your voice. When we’re talking to parents, what I encourage them to do is when we have these conversations to set up some sort of system.

We examined the distribution of the single survey item designed to assess interest in the Sexual Consent article. We also summarized responses to the https://www.hellopeter.com/asiatalks three open-ended survey questions using content analysis (Taylor-Powell & Renner, 2003). We selected quotations from participants’ open-ended responses to illustrate content analysis categories.

• We offered examples of simple questions to request consent, and brief responses to indicate consent (e.g., “Yes, I love having sex with you”) or refusal (e.g., “I don’t want to go any further than kissing”).
• These comments stood in contrast to those of adolescents who did advocate for themselves (e.g., I am not shy or afraid to say something if I don’t feel comfortable).
• So when we think about young kids, as soon as they’re able to start talking, we want to start identifying body parts and really start having those conversations with them.
• Young people should understand that sexual consent means that both people actively and verbally agree to sexual activity.

And they don’t want them to be having, I mean, most parents don’t want their middle schoolers, their freshmen in high school to be having sexual relations. So a lot of times that’s when we still see parents wanting to pursue criminal charges even when they’re old enough to consent to sex. So I think that it’s still important to know what those ages are so that you don’t get yourself in trouble because I think that’s where things get complicated. I think the other one that’s the most hard to navigate is when it becomes the 16, the ones that are older, like that 13, when that four-year window lapses, that gets hard too.

So remembering not to share information that you get on phones. I feel like this group is all starting to get cell phones and they’re all starting to text. So reminding kids in this age not to share things that you get on your phones, not to share conversations. I feel like that’s where a lot of consent needs to be shared and talked about because that’s where a lot of things get skewed and kids don’t realize that what you talk about in phones is also needs to be consent conversations. So that’s a good conversation to start having with this age group as well.