California and Colorado have affirmative consent laws (the only two I’m aware of). Other states are presenting similar bills. What is the difference between “no means no” and affirmative consent?
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No means no – the idea that if someone says “no”, you should take that as final and not as “they need convincing let’s keep trying and pushing”.
Affirmative Consent – the idea that ONLY “yes” means yes. If they say “maybe”, or “I guess”, you don’t have consent. Even if they don’t say anything, they aren’t “letting it happen”, they are not consenting with a definite “yes” therefore you don’t have consent.
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