The Legal Limits of ‘Yes Means Yes’

By Paul H. Robinson. Debate grows over the use of "yes means yes" as a sexual-consent policy on college campuses. As opposed to "no means no," which directs sexual initiators to halt their advances if the other person struggles or says to stop, "yes means yes" or "affirmative consent" states that sexual initiators have to actually get consent from the other person before proceeding to the next step. More...