How to get consent for sex (and no, it doesn’t have to spoil the mood)
- Written by Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
New South Wales and Victoria are set to introduce a suite of reforms to sexual offences legislation which set a new standard for sexual consent. Both states will implement an affirmative model of consent.
Affirmative consent is based on the idea that someone who is consenting to sex will actively express this through their words and...