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 ...

CU Boulder has an affirmative consent standard. This means that consent for sexual activity must be clear, knowing, and voluntary. Consent must include words or actions that create mutually ...

Consent is a much bigger concept than we may think. Consent in healthy relationships involves asking another person’s permission to do something or for something to happen. Consent involves both ...

"Perhaps the most influential ethical principle in contemporary biomedical practice is that informed consent is required for therapy and research. And yet empirical research confirms what virtually ...

You can see rape culture almost everywhere in the U.S., from violent tweets towards female reporters to the national conversation about campus sexual assault. It’s a cultural setting in which women's ...

Consent is the foundational aspect of a healthy sexual exchange, but it's a concept that's unfortunately, and dangerously, misunderstood. While good sex education in school can provide a comprehensive ...

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 ...