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ARTICLE · 01 AUGUST 2022

Affirmative consent laws in NSW: Complete guide

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The new consent laws address the misconceptions that consent for one sexual activity is consent to any other sexual activity.

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Jimmy Singh
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The new affirmative sexual consent laws in NSW introduce a communicative model of consent requiring each participant of sexual activity to seek out whether the other consents. It recognises that consent is not assumed, that it's a free and voluntary agreement, and that consent to one sexual activity is not necessarily consent to another sexual activity.

The new affirmative consent laws aim to acknowledge and address the misconceptions that consent for one sexual activity is consent to any other sexual activity.

WHAT IS CONSENT? | WHAT IS AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT?

The main definition of consent is the free and voluntary agreement to sexual activity at the time of the sexual activity.

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