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Determining valid consent
There are certain characteristics of sexual consent. Consent must satisfy 5 conditions to be counted as valid consent by law. The 5 characteristics of sexual consent are:
- Freely given
- Reversible
- Informed
- Enthusiastic
- Specific
- Consent must be explicit
No one should ever assume anything about sexual consent. Consent must be explicated. Either a very specific “YES” or a very specific “NO”. What you wear, what you do, where you go, what your past behavior was has nothing to do with sexual consent, or these things never imply consent. Remember, any kind of non-consensual sexual activity, be it kissing or touching, is harmful and against the law. - Consent is reversible at any point
Consent can be withdrawn at any time. It doesn’t matter how intimidated you are already. You have to stop the sexual activity whenever your partner says NO reverses his/her consent. - Both the partners must be fully informed
You cannot give consent if you are not fully informed. Both the partners have to be fully informed about all the moves they are going to make throughout the sexual activity. For example, if your partner wants to use a condom, later doesn’t, then there is no valid consent on your part. - Consent needs to be specific
Sexual activity includes touching, kissing, and eventually sex. Therefore, consent needs to be specific for each of the activities separately. Suppose, you have given consent for kissing or petting, then your partner cannot continue up to sex unless you give consent for sex separately. - Consent should be given freely
Consent must be free from any kind of influence. You cannot give consent if you are drunk, forced, coerced, or if there is any kind of undue influence. So when you are in full conscious, you understand the gravity of your consent, only then you can give consent.
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