What California’s New Sexual-Consent Law Means for Its Colleges
peter.suber's bookmarks 2014-09-29
Summary:
"Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday making California the first state to set uniform definitions and standards for both private and public colleges to deal with sexual assaults. Here is what the law will mean for colleges:...."
The law's main feature is a requirement that colleges adopt an "affirmative consent" standard, meaning that people must signal they are willingly engaging in sexual activity. In other words, only yes means yes.