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Effective consent must be based on mutually understandable communication that clearly indicates a willingness to engage in sexual activity. Consent is an ongoing process that can be withdrawn at any time. Consent should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freely Given<\/strong> – Consent must be a voluntary choice made without pressure, guilt, threats, or manipulation.
Reversible<\/strong> – Anyone can change their mind at any time.
Informed<\/strong> – Everyone has a clear understanding of what is going to happen.
Enthusiastic<\/strong> – Consent should be based on an active, genuine desire to participate. A lack of protest is not consent.
Specific<\/strong> – Saying yes to a specific activity does not mean saying yes to everything or something else. Consent must be given for each separate act.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Barriers to Consent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Barriers to consent include age, power dynamics within the College, force, coercion, and incapacitation. If any of these are present, consent is not able to be given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age <\/strong>– The legal age of consent in Ohio is 16. Anyone over the age of 16 cannot engage in a sexual relationship with anyone younger than 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Dynamics within the College<\/strong> – Members of faculty and staff are not able to enter into any type of sexual relationship with a student. Because of the power dynamic, students are not able to consent in this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Force<\/strong> – Using or threatening physical violence, restraint, or physical intimidation to obtain sexual activity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coercion <\/strong>– Wearing someone down or pressuring them into sexual activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incapacitation <\/strong>– The inability to make an informed decision about sexual activity. A person may be incapacitated due to alcohol or other drugs, being asleep or unconscious, or having a physical or mental condition that prevents them from giving consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Effective consent must be based on mutually understandable communication that clearly indicates a willingness to engage in sexual activity. Consent is an ongoing process that can be withdrawn at any time. Consent should be: Freely Given – Consent must be a voluntary choice made without pressure, guilt, threats, or manipulation.Reversible – Anyone can change their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1620,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/title-ix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}