Will saying yes to affirmative consent curb sexual assault?
Clip: 11/6/2014 | 6m 55s
Hari Sreenivasan moderates a debate on California's affirmative consent law.
California recently passed an affirmative consent law, meaning that consensual sex requires a clear “yes” from both parties on college campuses. But some have challenged the practicality of the policy. Hari Sreenivasan moderates a debate between Jaclyn Friedman of “Yes Means Yes” and Shikha Dalmia of the Reason Foundation.
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Will saying yes to affirmative consent curb sexual assault?
Clip: 11/6/2014 | 6m 55s
California recently passed an affirmative consent law, meaning that consensual sex requires a clear “yes” from both parties on college campuses. But some have challenged the practicality of the policy. Hari Sreenivasan moderates a debate between Jaclyn Friedman of “Yes Means Yes” and Shikha Dalmia of the Reason Foundation.
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