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[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara grins broadly at the students as they enter, her good mood almost super-human.

"Hey. Only three weeks until the end of term, huh? I don't know about you, but that kind of snuck up on me! So today we've got a pretty heavy discussion topic, and I want you to remember that this is just a class. Emo Closet is there if you need it, although I hope we call all be gentle enough with one another that it won't be necessary, okay?

"Because today, folks, we're going to be talking about rape - and all I'm going to ask you folks to do is define it."

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Re: First Hour - Consent

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Mostly I agree with what a lot of other people have been saying - that consent has to be given of free-will and with the understanding that it can be revoked at any time.

What I want to add is that consent can only be given by a person of a sound and mature mind. Children, the significantly mentally disabled and the like aren't capable of giving consent because they aren't capable of understanding the ramifications of a sexual relationship.

I don't think rape and the issues of consent have anything to do with being in a monogomous relationship. I'm not saying I necessarily advocating sleeping around on someone, but you certainly *can* give consent to sleep with someone you might not ought to be sleeping with. In my mind, one will anger the person involved, the other will piss off his/her partner.