Got Consent?

Giving consent is active, not passive. It means acting as an equal in a shared decision-making process. This means that someone who is sleeping or unconscious cannot give consent, because a person has to be awake to actively make decisions. Someone who has had sex because they were intimidated, threatened, or forced into it has not given consent, because he or she has not chosen freely.

Got consent?

You need it.

Giving consent means someone chooses to do something because they want to, not because they have been made to feel they have to.

Giving consent is not about being manipulated. Everyone has the legal right to say yes or no without being disrespected, threatened or humiliated for their choice.

Giving consent is not binding. Everyone has the right –a spouse, live-in, girl/boyfriend, ex-spouse, and ex-girl/boyfriend- to change their mind or to say no regardless of what type of sexual relationship you may have shared in the past.

Not sure where you stand?

Get consent.

You need it.

"What are you going to do?"

"You're ready for sex, but she wants to wait. So you keep trying.
First she says yes. Then she says no. If you aren't sure, stop and listen."

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Violence is always a choice.