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actively sought and
actively communicated. This approach shifts from a “no means no” standard to “yes means yes”, in that an individual seeking to have sex with another person must obtain clear, expressed consent from them before (and while) engaging in a sexual act.
In other words, submission without active, participatory agreement is not sufficient to claim that consent was given. In practice, this could be something as simple as asking someone if they want to have sex.
This type of consent standard shifts the emphasis from the actions of the victim-survivor to those of the accused. This is important, since we know that the same rape myths and gendered stereotypes that permeate society can be brought sharply to bear in sexual assault trials.
EXCLUSIVE: Family of girl, 11, who was kidnapped, tied to a tree and raped for five hours is left in limbo as sex monster is allowed to keep his appeal bid dragging on for 21 months after being jailed for 17 years
Brett David Hill was sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl
Hill, 49, raped the girl as she walked to school in Newcastle, NSW, in June 2018
Brave victim - now 14 - confronted her vile attacker in the District Court in 2019
She courageously read out a victim impact statement with her mum by her side
The girl said she can t sleep at night and is scared to go out and walk her dog