SourceSAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation aimed at making California the first state in the nation to bring lessons about sexual consent required at many colleges into high schools, his office announced Thursday.
Last year, California became the first to require colleges and universities to apply an "affirmative consent" or "yes means yes" standard when investigating campus sexual assault claims. That policy says sexual activity is only considered consensual when both partners clearly state their willingness to participate through "affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement" at every stage.
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Parents would still be allowed to excuse their child from some, or all, of the sex education curriculum.
A 2011 report from the University of California, San Francisco, found problems with school districts' compliance with the current law on sex education. Among its findings, only a quarter offered the required information about emergency contraception and a quarter omitted required HIV-prevention topics.
So, "Yes means Yes," continues its creep into day to day law. From the college grounds to our every day bedrooms this policy makes its way at least in California.
What say thee?
However when the writer of the law was asked how one proves consent is acquired or proved she said “Your guess is as good as mine.” So I am less than comfortable with such a vague law.