Outlawing 99% of Sex Encounters: SAVE Urges Lawmakers to Consider the Likely Effects of SB 967

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2014-03-20 06:15

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON / March 18, 2014 –Senate Bill 967, which would impose an “affirmative consent” standard on California colleges, will serve to outlaw 99% of campus sex acts. SAVE, a national victim-advocacy organization, invites lawmakers to consider the unintended effects of enacting such a sweeping bill.

SB 967 would institute a stringent—and possibly impractical—standard on all sexual activities, not just sexual intercourse. SAVE notes that SB 967 lacks key definitions about what types of “words or clear, unambiguous actions” would represent legally effective consent, or the how often the parties must “continue to consent to sexual activity.”

The broad scope and definitional uncertainties surrounding SB 967 are likely to have five undesirable consequences:'

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This law appears to presume that the man is guilty unless he can prove he had "affirmative consent."

How does a man know if he has "affirmative consent"? Does he need to tape record the consent and measure the decibels?

The only real solution appears to be a signed affidavit--but that's meaningless unless the woman can be held to the terms of the affidavit. She can't, as she can withdraw her consent at any time, affidavit or not.

So I wonder: is there anyway a woman can actually give consent in a legally meaningful way? If not, how is a man supposed to know if she did or didn't?

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Submitted by el cid on Thu, 2014-03-20 15:49

There are too many Californians dying in Car Accidents and we ALL KNOW the problem is SPEED.

I propose Jerry Brown "man-up" and own this problem by lowering Speed Limits to 10 mph - the same level as 1901 (when delightful San Francisco Trams were Horse-drawn and the many environmentalists were concerned about us drowning in horse s*it.)

Problem solved - you are welcome for my genius - next!

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Submitted by fathers4fairness on Thu, 2014-03-20 19:43