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Australian law makes sexual consent explicitly verbal
NY Post ^ | July 6, 2018 | Jessica Rapana

Posted on 07/09/2018 5:09:57 AM PDT by C19fan

If you want to have sex you now have to ask for it loud and clear and get a verbal “yes” back under new reforms announced by the New South Wales government in Australia. NSW is a state on the west coast of Australia and Sydney is its capital.

Sexual consent is at the core of the state’s first strategy against sexual assault released on Friday, which will focus on raising awareness about consent, as well as protecting victims and preventing sexual harassment in workplaces and universities.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: consent; sex
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What once was farce now is law.
1 posted on 07/09/2018 5:09:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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Isn’t this still “He said, she said?”


2 posted on 07/09/2018 5:12:57 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: C19fan

West cost ??


3 posted on 07/09/2018 5:13:52 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

Coast


4 posted on 07/09/2018 5:14:10 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: C19fan

Australia has been going full bore leftist in recent years.


5 posted on 07/09/2018 5:15:31 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: C19fan

When things get to that point, men need to be smarter about it. Either get it in writing, or video the consent.

Indeed, the written or video consent needs to spell out exactly what contact is permitted or not, and then the entire session should be videoed so that the transaction can be compared to the consent form if any legal issues arise.

And always obtain a blood alcohol level so that ability to enter into the contract cannot be questioned.


6 posted on 07/09/2018 5:15:51 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: C19fan

Sydney’s on the east coast of Australia.


7 posted on 07/09/2018 5:19:24 AM PDT by cvan65 vet
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To: C19fan

Better yet why not require a signed and notarized contract?


8 posted on 07/09/2018 5:19:35 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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This idea of affirmative consent basically outlaws the most common forms of sex since the dawn of man. And they say conservatives want to barge into your bedroom.


9 posted on 07/09/2018 5:20:40 AM PDT by jarwulf
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Isn’t this still “He said, she said?”

That’s just what I was thinking. It will just create more he said, she said situations.

10 posted on 07/09/2018 5:24:32 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: C19fan

Have they ever polled women on whether they want men jabbering the whole time during sex?


11 posted on 07/09/2018 5:24:51 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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NOW: “Want to shack up?”
LATER IN COURT: “I thought he wanted to build a shed!”

NOW: “Want to do the Horizontal Bop”?
LATER IN COURT: “I thought he wanted to dance!”

NOW: “Want to do The Nasty?”
LATER IN COURT: “I thought he wanted to get even with someone!”

NOW: “Want to Bump Uglies?”
LATER IN COURT: “I thought he wanted to go out and hit hobos over the head with sticks!”

NOW: “Want to Shag?”
LATER IN COURT: “I thought he wanted to get new carpet!”

NOW: “Want to have sex?”
LATER IN COURT: “I didn’t understand the question...I told him I’ve already got one, you see...”


12 posted on 07/09/2018 5:27:07 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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This is going to help my game bigtime, as a man I like to play hard to get anyway.


13 posted on 07/09/2018 5:28:31 AM PDT by Hildawgs Taint
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I guess this extends to married couples, too.

Insanity. And Leftists wonder why we ridicule them and refuse to take them seriously.

Reason number 15,863.


14 posted on 07/09/2018 5:29:39 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: FLT-bird
Better yet why not require a signed and notarized contract?

Like a marriage license?

15 posted on 07/09/2018 5:31:57 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Verbal? she can say that he forced her to consent. If you get it in writing, she’ll have to work harder to convince a jury when she changes her mind and decides that she didn’t really consent when she consented and that the male patriarchy is responsible for it.


16 posted on 07/09/2018 5:34:08 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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I think we need to have a third party witness at every sexual encounter. Somebody to act as a referee and take notes of the proceedings. If a man gets too aggressive, the referee can “throw a flag on the play” so to speak and penalize the male aggressor. Make him put his underwear back on or something.


17 posted on 07/09/2018 5:34:10 AM PDT by SamAdams76 ( Have you eaten your bone marrow today?)
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So no more “safe words”?


18 posted on 07/09/2018 5:35:49 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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Damn, me and my wife were planning a vacation there.


19 posted on 07/09/2018 5:36:30 AM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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And..... you need to record it on your phone for confirmation

Of course, you only need to record it once.


20 posted on 07/09/2018 5:36:32 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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