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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia Passes the First College Affirmative Sexual Consent Bill
Source: Jezebel
On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed the nation's first "Yes Means Yes" bill, which was passed by the State Senate in May and is now waiting to be signed by Governor Jerry Brown.
As previously reported, Senate Bill 967 sets a standard of requiring "affirmative consent" in sexual assault investigations, which means that the students in question must have affirmed to each other verbally or physically that they wanted to have sex with one another. It's different from the previous "No Means No" mantra that many college campuses went by, which often meant that the person alleging that they had been sexually assaulted was penalized for not saying specifically that they didn't want to have sex. Additionally, under affirmative consent, "Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent."
It's unclear whether Brown will sign the bill, but student activists at California's many state colleges are rejoicing and the bill's sponsor, Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles), was not hedging when he told the San Jose Mercury News that it represents a "paradigm shift."
As previously reported, Senate Bill 967 sets a standard of requiring "affirmative consent" in sexual assault investigations, which means that the students in question must have affirmed to each other verbally or physically that they wanted to have sex with one another. It's different from the previous "No Means No" mantra that many college campuses went by, which often meant that the person alleging that they had been sexually assaulted was penalized for not saying specifically that they didn't want to have sex. Additionally, under affirmative consent, "Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent."
It's unclear whether Brown will sign the bill, but student activists at California's many state colleges are rejoicing and the bill's sponsor, Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles), was not hedging when he told the San Jose Mercury News that it represents a "paradigm shift."
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Read more: http://jezebel.com/california-passes-the-first-college-affirmative-sexual-1628424527
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California Passes the First College Affirmative Sexual Consent Bill (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2014
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alp227
(32,027 posts)1. K&R+another link
demmiblue
(36,864 posts)2. Thanks for the link.
This is refreshing:
The bill passed the state Assembly on Monday by a 52-16 vote.
There was no opposition from Senate Republicans.
littlemissmartypants
(22,691 posts)3. Kicking. Thank you. nt