All NY colleges to adopt 'yes means yes' sex assault policy

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Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Legislation requiring universities in New York state to adopt a uniform affirmative sexual consent policy was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.

The so-called "yes means yes" standard defines sexual consent between people as an affirmative, conscious and voluntary understanding to engage in sexual activity. It is part of a nationwide movement aimed at curbing sexual assaults on college campuses.

"Why is sex assault on college campuses such a problem? Because we let it go on too long," Cuomo said at New York University, where he spoke to a crowd of the bill's supporters.

The legislation expands regulations that apply only to State University of New York schools.

The signing followed a similar move in California in September, when the state required public universities to adopt a "yes means yes" policy.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/ny-colleges-adopt-yes-means-yes-sex-assault-180644100.html

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1. Good. But the 18 years before that make a lot more difference than a school policy.

I'm still all for it, because it starts the conversation that needs to happen.