Consent

Consent is knowing, voluntary and clear permission, through word or action, to engage in mutually agreed sexual activity or contact.

Since different people may experience the same interactions differently, each party is responsible for making sure that partners have provided ongoing, clear consent to engaging in any sexual activity or contact. Consent is not passive.

• If coercion, intimidation, threats, and/or physical force are used, there is no consent; a person's lack of verbal resistance or submission resulting from the use or threat of force does not constitute consent.
• If a person is mentally or physically incapacitated or impaired by alcohol or drugs such that the person cannot understand the fact, nature, or extent of the sexual situation, there is no consent.;Warning signs of when a person may be incapacitated due to drug and/or alcohol use include: slurred speech, falling down, passing out, and vomiting.
• If a person is asleep or unconscious, there is no consent.
• A person who is under age in the applicable jurisdiction cannot provide consent to sexual activity
• Consent to one form of sexual activity does not imply consent to other forms of sexual activity.
• Consent to past sexual activity does not imply consent to future sexual activity
• Dressing in a certain manner does not constitute consent
• Consent to engage in sexual activity with one person does not constitute consent to engage in sexual activity with another
• Consent can be withdrawn. A person who initially consents to sexual activity is deemed not to have consented to any sexual activity that occurs after he or she withdraws consent.