Consent

= **Consent** : to permit, approve, or agree.=

=** Informed Consent **: a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon a clear appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications and future consequences of an action. In order to give informed consent, the individual concerned must have adequate reasoning faculties and be in possession of all relevant facts at the time consent is given.= =** Guidelines of Consent: **=

1. Consent must take place prior to any sexual act. Consent for one act does not give consent for another or all acts. Consent is an ongoing dialogue between partners.

2. NO means NO

3. No answer means NO

4. Submission does NOT mean yes

5. Consent is a verbal process and established without coercion. "Yes" is only the beginning of the process to establish consent.

6. Sex with someone unable to consent is sexual assault. Sex with someone drunk, stoned, asleep, passed-out, underage, or otherwise unable to consent is sexual assault.

7. If someone feels assaulted, they have been assaulted.

8. Someone can change their mind at any point. media type="youtube" key="f--u_puzhGs" height="344" width="425"
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