Consent
What is consent?
Consent is willing, positive cooperation in an act or the expression of a desire to engage in an activity.
Nearly every minute.
What is the Bystander Effect?
The tendency for individuals to be less likely to help a victim when other people are present.
A college professor implies to a student that their final grade depends on going out for drinks and returning to the professor's apartment.
It is.
Does being an upstander or a bystander have to be related to sexual violence?
Nope!
When should you ask questions about intimacy?
Before, during, and after, especially if there are any signs of hesitancy or discomfort.
Name at least 3 groups most at risk for sexual assault.
People of color, immigrants, transgender people, people in the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, people between the ages of 12 and 34, women and girls. (People at the intersection of these identities are valid)
What is the correlation between the size of the crowd and the likelihood of intervention?
As the crowd size increases, the likelihood of intervention decreases.
Both parties consent to sexual activity, but during the act one of them takes off the protection without notifying the other.
It is.
Is it legal to send nudes?
They are only illegal if they are unsolicited or of someone else, especially if that is a minor.
Does it count as consent if they said yes but they were pestered to agree?
No, then it is coercion or intimidation.
Women: 1 in 3; Men: 1 in 31.
What is the diffusion of responsibility?
The belief that someone else should intervene, and it is not your personal responsibility.
A couple agrees on a safe word before they begin. During intimacy, one of them says the safe word and they stop.
No, boundaries were respected.
What does COCSA stand for?
Child on Child Sexual Assault.
Can you take silence as consent if the person is not physically resisting but not really leaning in either?
No, best to double check.
What percentage of rapists get convicted and imprisoned?
2%.
What is the evaluation apprehension?
Fear of judgment/embarrassment if the situation is misread, or if intervention turns out not to be needed.
Two people are in a relationship. One person is a bit inebriated and has consented to intimacy in the past, so the other initiates intimacy. The other does not disagree but does not reciprocate either.
It is.
How to help if someone seems to be forcing someone to do something?
Intervene/Be an Upstander; an example is being loud.
What are the percentages of women and men who get sexually assaulted?
81-82% for women, 42-43% for men.
What is the pluralistic ignorance?
When you look to others for cues on how to act. If others appear calm, like they believe a situation is okay, you follow along, even if no one truly believes it was okay.
A partner asks their other half if they want to have intimacy. They say no and nothing happens, but afterwards the declining party comes back because changed their mind. Intimacy occurs.
No, as there was no coercion and when a "no" was said, boundaries were respected.