History of Affirmative Consent Archives | Affirmative Consent / Stopping Campus Sexual Assault.

Trump’s Education pick could roll back efforts to fight campus sexual assault

January 17, 2017

ThinkProgress 1.16.17 | By Perpetual Baffour and Ulrich Boser Betsy DeVos’ family foundation has long donated to organizations that side with students accused of rape — not their victims. Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Michigan billionaire and philanthropist Betsy DeVos, has kept fairly silent on

When to start talking to our sons about rape and consent

January 2, 2017

Washington Post 12.21.16 | Carolyn Hax Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: There’s been a lot of public discussion surrounding sexual assault lately, and one thing I keep reading/hearing is, “We need to teach our sons not to rape.” Do they mean

Accused Rapist Found Culpable by Majority of Two Panels Still Plays Stanford Football

January 2, 2017

Slate.com 12.30.16 | Christina Cauterucci A Stanford University football player accused of sexual assault is set to play in Friday’s Sun Bowl, despite the fact that a majority of two different disciplinary panels at the school ruled that he committed the assault. The

Maryland: State Delegate Wants To Require Lessons about Affirmative Consent in County Classrooms

December 16, 2016

Bethesda Magazine 12.14.16 | Bethany Rogers Kelly is offering legislation to expand curriculum for sex education classes A state delegate from Montgomery County wants to require local public schools to teach students about “affirmative consent” during seventh- and 10th-grade sex education classes. The

Stanford Sexual Assault Case Survivor Emily Doe Speaks Out

November 20, 2016

Glamour Magazine 11.1.1 | Anonymous *It started with a simple sentence: “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” Maybe you read the powerful words—part of a “victim’s impact statement” the young woman who’d been sexually

Survey: Most Parents with College Students Very Concerned About Sexual Assault @teamgoodcall

September 29, 2016

GoodCall.com Terri Williams | 9.29.16 ... What else can students do to be safe on and off campus? There are other steps that students can take to improve campus safety. Alison Morano, a co-founder of The Affirmative Consent Project, tells GoodCall that parents