Affirmative Consent Is Spreading
New Jersey and New Hampshire consider "yes means yes" bills
Another anti-sex trafficking bill from Sen. Dianne Feinstein that uses inflated fears about the issue to push unconstitutional expansions of federal law enforcement power
Why should sexual-assault victims have to pay the state to investigate the crimes against them?
"It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime."
That doesn't make him entirely right, though.
"In an effort to address sexual assault, college campuses are on the verge of entering into an Orwellian nightmare."
Teaching men not to rape and helping women avoid rape aren't mutually exclusive options.
Charges are likely to be dismissed against a 17-year-old Virginia teenager who was arrested for sexting his girlfriend.
The lawsuit is filled with evidence of the university's wrongdoing.
The bills still contain plenty that would trouble civil libertarians.
Alumni could be called to participate in due-process-free trials for years to come.
A loophole in Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution between 2004-2009. During this time the state saw significant decreases in rape and gonorrhea.
When bad things happen, activists shouldn't blame tasteless jokes or Robin Thicke songs.
With any hope, perhaps coverage of this madness will embarrass the authorities into dropping the case entirely.
Legislators and activists just don't trust adults to navigate issues of consent without them.
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