Act of Consent
An Act of Consent is an choice act when one person voluntarily agrees to a proposal.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Explicit Consent to being an Implied Consent.
- It can range from being Informed Content to being Uninformed Consent.
- It can range from being a Consent Act with an Equal to being a Consent Act with a Non-Equal.
- It can range from being a Consent Act for Self-Benefit to being a Consent Act for Mutual-Benefit.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Act of Rape.
- a Kidnapping.
- a Forced Confession.
- See: Informed Consent, Unanimous Consent, Privacy, Torture.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/consent Retrieved:2023-2-22.
- Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual relationships. Consent as understood in specific contexts may differ from its everyday meaning. For example, a person with a mental disorder, a low mental age, or under the legal age of sexual consent may willingly engage in a sexual act that still fails to meet the legal threshold for consent as defined by applicable law. United Nations agencies and initiatives in sex education programs believe that teaching the topic of consent as part of a comprehensive sexuality education is beneficial. Types of consent include implied consent, express consent, informed consent and unanimous consent.
2018
- https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/05/reimagine-consent-romantic-lives-mandy-len-catron
- QUOTE: Often we talk about consent in terms of power: who has it and how are they wielding it? What if we thought of it in terms of attention? ...
... the assumption that the right person would know what I wanted – intuitively, telepathically – prevented me from ever bothering to figure it out for myself. In this fairy tale model of consent, mutual understanding requires nothing more than the machinations of fate to bring partners together. ...
... What would it look like if we built a culture around the idea of “feeling together”? If we began with the assumption that we should shape our relationships – sexual, personal, even professional – with another person, bearing both our experiences in mind? ...
... “Feeling together” requires us to acknowledge that privilege is, by definition, an imbalance of attention, an absence of care. And it implies that it’s the responsibility of those with privilege and power to offer more attention, to give more care. What I love about this version of consent is that demands intimacy. It ties us more tightly to one another by suggesting that empathy is not a burden, but an opportunity.
- QUOTE: Often we talk about consent in terms of power: who has it and how are they wielding it? What if we thought of it in terms of attention? ...
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/consent Retrieved:2016-5-18.
- In common speech, consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. The concept of consent has been operationalized in several major contexts, including in law, medicine and sexual relationships. Types of consent include implied consent, expressed consent, informed consent and unanimous consent. Consent as understood in legal contexts may differ from the everyday meaning. For example, a person under the Age of sexual consent may willingly engage in a sexual act; but that consent is not valid in a legal context.