Informed consent is the cornerstone of all ethical and fulfilling intimate transactions. It transcends a passive acceptance or an unarticulated silence, instead transforming into a constructive ...

Sexual assault is a persistent problem on college campuses. Women are at greater risk of experiencing sexual assault while in college compared to women in the general population, with about a quarter ...

There are a lot of worthy efforts out there to help people understand consent by showing how simple it actually is. Maybe you've heard some of them: if you've ever ordered pizza you understand consent ...

While sexual assault has many complex causes, one clear factor is young people’s comprehension of — or confusion about — what constitutes appropriate, consensual sex. Boys and young men in particular ...

Leave it to the Brits to perfectly explain sexual consent by comparing it to tea. "Tea and Consent," a wonderful PSA by the Thames Valley Police featuring stick figures, initially seems like a gross ...

Parenthood is full of contradictions. We tell our kids that "no means no," and they don't have to touch anyone if they don't want to, yet we ask them to hug their Aunt Susan upon first meeting her. We ...

Judah Kalb still remembers when he was in elementary school in Chapel Hill, N.C., and tried to give his male friend a hug. A counselor reprimanded him, warning that men don’t do that. “Obviously, I ...

The Australian government has recently launched Consent Can't Wait, a campaign focused on supporting sexual consent communication between adults and young people. Advertisements will run on television ...

Ms. Anderson is the president of Brooklyn College, a former dean of City University of New York’s School of Law and a scholar on sexual assault. Ms. Tuerkheimer is a professor of law at Northwestern ...