sexual consent
Australian woman wins push for consent education
After a year of crusading for age-appropriate consent education in every Australian school, Chanel Contos has nearly achieved her goal, and it all started with a simple question she posed...
California moves to outlaw ‘stealthing,’ or removing condom during intercourse
California lawmakers moved to make the state the first to outlaw “stealthing,” which is removing a condom without permission during intercourse.
Australian police boss suggests app to prove sexual consent
CANBERRA, Australia — A senior Australian policeman suggested on Thursday a phone app be developed to document sexual consent in a bid to improve conviction rates in sex crime cases....
Sex assault survivor designs consent-themed lingerie, 'Assk first'
"Ask the cutie before touching the booty."
French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15
PARIS — France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a...
Man sentenced to four years for 'pure evil' act before sex
A British man has been sentenced to four years in prison for rape after he pricked a hole in a condom before sex -- an act his victim branded "pure...
#MeToo's bad news for Burning Man's Orgy Dome
Is it possible to have a carefully regulated, politically correct orgy? The experiment has been going on for some time at the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert,...
My professor became my stalker — and a secret I kept for years
A package sat unopened on Donna Freitas’ table for weeks. She refused to read it. Inside, she knew, was something from her professor; once her mentor, now her stalker. He...
Program under fire for saying kids need to 'consent' to grandma kisses
No means no -- even for Grandma. An Australian program is trying to educate young children on sexual consent by explaining they have the right to even tell Granny to...
In #MeToo era, states debate teaching consent in schools
Inside a Catholic school in Portland, Oregon, high school sophomores break into groups to discuss some once-taboo topics: abusive relationships and consent. At one desk, a girl with banana-colored fingernails...
Georgia man gets time served for keeping teen sex slave in dog cage
A Georgia man who forced a teenage girl to be a sex slave in exchange for food -- and kept her in captivity for more than a year -- is...
This 'consent condom' takes four hands to open
This new "consent condom" is a hands-on experience. Tulipán, an Argentinian sex toy company, has created a new rubber that requires four hands to open — ensuring that both parties...
Court may bar British man from having sex with wife
A British man may reportedly be barred from having sex with his wife of 20 years because social services bosses claim she no longer has the mental capacity to consent....
Man arrested after consensual hotel sex turned 'rough': cops
A Florida man is facing a felony sexual battery charge after getting too “rough” during consensual sex in a hotel room, police said. Police said Rodolfo Alexander Jerez-Ortiz, 39, and...
Princeton a capella group scraps 'Kiss the Girl' after consent debate
An all-male Princeton University a cappella group will no longer perform a song from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" because some students there complained that the performance promotes misogyny and "toxic...
Sex robots could test the limits of sexual consent
Sex doll brothels are, apparently, the future of sex work, popping up in places like Russia, Canada and, soon, the United States, where some laws banning prostitution would not apply....
Protesters storm Ireland after thong cited as sign of consent in rape case
Protesters are storming the streets across Ireland after a rape suspect was acquitted during a trial in which his lawyer suggested the thong worn by the 17-year-old victim was a...
Third-grade teacher turns Kavanaugh allegations into lessons on consent
A California teacher turned the tumultuous nomination process of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh into a teaching moment about consent — even for hugs — for her third-graders. “Everything about...
My 'big break' in porn was a nightmare
Jenny Blighe’s first professional porn film will be her last. What was supposed to be her “big break” in the adult film industry turned into a nightmare for Blighe, who...
Australian law makes sexual consent explicitly verbal
If you want to have sex you now have to ask for it loud and clear and get a verbal "yes" back under new reforms announced by the New South...