Laws on Sexual Violence and Consent

Assignment Instructions:

• Watch a short lecture called: Sexual Violence and Consent
• Watch this short clip on consent: Tea Consent
• Use the following link to complete this assignment: https://www.rainn.org/about-sexual-assault
• Warning: The content in this website is highly sensitive in nature on topics of sexual violence.
• You can use the links (bolded and underlined in blue or purple) that I have provided below to take you to the exact page, but I recommend to freely navigate and explore other topics as well.
• In order to fully understand what is required for each component of this assignment, I recommend visiting the page using the link I provided for each section before providing a response. I also recommend scheming through the content on a given page to better understand what I am asking in a question.
• Do not copy and paste anything from the website. Put in your own words where possible (exception i.e. from State Law Report Generator).

1. Understanding Consent: Legal Role of Consent (This link will take you to the page in the RAINN website that you will use to complete 1a.).
   1. The 3 main ways that states analyze consent are 1) affirmative consent, 2) Freely given consent, and 3) capacity to consent.

Briefly provide a single scenario for each (affirmative consent, freely given consent, and capacity to consent in which consent is or is not given. This is a fictional scenario that you make up. The objective is to demonstrate that you understand the 3 aspects of consent. Use the definitions stated in the link to create the scenario. The following is an example of a scenario or description I made up. Note: you should provide a scenario of each way that states analyze consent. For each scenario, state the form of consent as in the example below.

Example:

Affirmative consent: A person (of legal age and mental capacity) is about to engage in sexual intercourse and continuously signals partner with smiles and statements like “Yes”, “I am okay”, and “keep going” throughout the encounter.

1. List and describe 3 factors that would affect a person’s Capacity to consent (This link will take you to the page of the website that lists the factors to help you complete your response to 1b).

2. Choose 3 states (INCLUDING CA) to compare consent laws using State Law Report Generator. For the comparison, choose and discuss at least 2 questions to focus the comparison.

3. Types of Sexual Violence (this link will take you to a page that defines the types of sexual violence).
   1. Of the 6 types of sexual violence that are shown, select 2 to focus on.
   2. Define and summarize the 2 selected.