'I'm asking for it': Calls for law change to require 'clear yes' to sex
People should be required to make sure they have a “clear yes” before any sexual activity, lawyers and activists have said.
A new campaign named “I’m Asking For It” was launched on Monday, calling for the Government to enshrine “affirmative consent” into British law.
This would mean “anything less than a clear, uncoerced, and informed confirmation of consent like ‘yes’ cannot qualify as consent in the eyes of the law”.
Dr Charlotte Proudman, the barrister whose organisation Right to Equality is behind the
