The risks of ‘affirmative consent’

May 21, 2016

Unknown to everyone but a handful of jurists and journalists, a meeting held in Washington, D.C. considered a measure that could have turned nearly every sexually active person — especially if male — into a sex offender awaiting detection…affirmative consent not only establishes an unrealistic standard for sexual behavior, but also skews the law toward a presumption of guilt:

newsday.com By Cathy Young