Paging anti–campus rape crusaders: It isn’t just college-age Americans who are confused about what it means to consent to sex. It seems pervasive “no means no” messaging might not help boost ...

"This is not about rehashing the past. This is about creating social progress for the future," onetime aspiring actress Dawn Dunning told the press conference in support of New York penal law reforms.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Minnehaha County jury asked Judge Bradley Zell for the legal definition of consent while deliberating a sexual assault case in ...

Consent is not a complicated word. Its dictionary definition runs to a single sentence – one person voluntarily agreeing to what another person proposes. Children grasp the concept before they start ...

For two months now, as accusations of sexual misconduct have piled up against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul has responded over and over again: “Any allegations of nonconsensual sex are ...

Something as important as consent should have one, clear definition — and it does. But there's still major debate on what really counts as consent. As a new survey of 1,000 people shows, there's still ...

We all think we know what pornography is, whether we oppose it, use it, or tolerate it. But are we all conjuring up the same images? The term has been used to describe, for example: a music video clip ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For two months now, as accusations of sexual misconduct have piled up against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul has responded over and over again: "Any allegations of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — For more than an hour Tuesday, a panel of Indiana lawmakers heard from sexual assault survivors and advocates urging them to pass legislation to clearly define the meaning of consent.