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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my day 30 years ago it was also the general number used.

The problematic part is that there's no clear consensus on what sexual assault is in these self reported surveys. It ranges from violent rape to a body brushing against you at a party. And making it more complicated is that there's plenty of "going along" because you didnt have the strength or confidence to say no, and then later saying it was assault. That's why these situations are so hard to both prosecute and verify and ends up being he said / she said situations.

I remember when my college rolled out a policy asking everyone to explicitly ask for consensus practically every minute during a romantic encounter. It applied both ways. [/quote]

yes my son's HS has a whole program they run in 10th grade about communicating about sex, consent, mutual respect, and communicating about boundaries. while it has its awkward moments, the feedback has been great and I feel like it normalizes checking in and communicating directly during dating, hookups and party flirting.[/quote]

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