Consent

Consent is permitting something to happen. When it comes to sexual activities such as oral sex, vaginal penetration or genital touching, consent applies when a person allows or says “YES” to another proceed with the activity. Consent to have sex is reversible. Both parties can say NO at any point of the activity and respect the decisions, withdrawal of consent(Dougherty, 2013). As per the law, sex is legal as long as both parties give consent and are legally and mentally able to give the consent. The age for sexual consent varies from state to state, ranges from 16 to 18 years.  In District of Columbia a 14 year old can give consent, having sex with an individual of 13 years or below is considered rape.
Consent to have sex should be free and not coerced. Consent is invalid if a person is subjected to activities that affect their emotional, physical, psychological, reputational and financial well-being, threatened or intimidated. If any of the mentioned activity or behavior is inflicted before engaging in sex, the act is considered as rape. Consent to have sex is invalid if a person is intoxicated. Consent to have sex is situational, for instance, if the person agreed in the past, the partner should not assume it the same another time. Consent to have sex should not be considered merely because the parties are married, dating, past activity, silence, immobility, not resisting, their appearance that is dressing or body language like smiling. Sexual violence or rape does not need a weapon or stranger to occur, and even romantic partners assault each other due to not getting or giving consent before proceeding with the activity(Fantasia, Fontenot, Sutherland, & Terrence, 2015).
In short, sexual consent is when both partners agree to have sex. Even after consent, partners should check for each other’s body language although not reliable, always go for speech.

References
District Of Columbia Age of Consent Laws 2018. Retrieved from https://www.ageofconsent.net/states/district-of-columbia. AgeofConsent.
Dougherty, T. (2013). Sex, Lies, and Consent. Ethics, 123(4), 717–744.

Fantasia, H. C., Fontenot, H. B., Sutherland, M. A., & Terrence, T. J. (2015). Forced Sex and Sexual Consent among College Women. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 11(4), 223–231.

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